ERIK LUNDBERG LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC262618 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-29

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£16.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £16,155

Net assets shrinking

Down £12,352 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 56% YoY

Cash YoY

-56%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11k

↓ 56% YoY

Net Worth

£16k

↓ 43% YoY

Current Assets

£20k

↓ 43% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£16.2k	£28.6k
Current assets	£19.7k	£34.4k
Cash	£10.9k	£24.9k
Debtors	£8.8k	£9.5k
Net assets	£16.2k	£28.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-13
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-02-26
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-02-24
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2004-02-12
➕
LUNDBERG, Sheila Margaret appointed
secretary
2004-02-12
➕
LUNDBERG, Erik appointed
director
2004-02-12
➖
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-02-12
➖
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2004-01-29
🏢
Company incorporated
As ERIK LUNDBERG LIMITED
2004-01-29
➕
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-01-29
➕
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LUNDBERG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Erik Lundberg Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	28/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · IV postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ENSOCENE LIMITED→ SC555265 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
EPC GRAMPIAN LTD.→ SC345145 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
FINDHORN INNOVATION RESEARCH & EDUCATION, CIC→ SC607337 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
FINSBAY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC803805 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
FIRE WORK FRANCHISE LIMITED→ SC564461 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
FOX DOUGLAS ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTANCY LTD→ SC655967 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
FULTON BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→ SC494014 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
G STUART ENGINEERING LIMITED→ SC591852 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
G WALL DESIGN SERVICES LTD→ SC395613 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
GASK CONTRACTORS LTD→ SC792922 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
GLASSGREEN HIRE LIMITED→ SC524827 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
GLC BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES LTD→ SC790962 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-01-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Pilgrim Cottage, Wardlaw Road

Kirkhill

Inverness

IV5 7NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LUNDBERG, Sheila Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LUNDBERG, Erik→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-02-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-29 · resigned 2004-02-12

Resigned

PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-01-29 · resigned 2004-02-12

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.