287 LEWISHAM WAY (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00759775 · ltd · incorporated 1963-05-03
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
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£4.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
14 officers (1 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,447
Net assets shrinking
Down £52 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£4.4k£4.5k
Current assets£7.8k£7.8k
Cash£4.5k£4.8k
Debtors£3.3k£3.0k
Net assets£4.4k£4.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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  2. 2025-04-29
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  3. 2024-04-18
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  4. 2023-04-14
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  5. 2021-12-08
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  6. 2021-04-07
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  7. 2020-02-12
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  8. 2019-04-11
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  9. 2018-12-17
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  10. 2018-04-17
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  11. 2017-04-12
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  12. 2015-12-08
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  13. 2015-11-18
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    KIRBY, Thomas George resigned
    director
  14. 2015-11-18
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  15. 2013-07-01
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    KIRBY, Thomas George appointed
    director
  16. 2013-06-07
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    JENNINGS, Ada resigned
    director
  17. 2013-05-14
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    GRANT, James William resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-05-14
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    TOWNSEND, Richard Dennis resigned
    director
  19. 2009-07-01
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    GRANT, James William appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-02-22
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    JENNINGS, Charles resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-02-22
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Ada appointed
    director
  22. 2009-02-22
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    JENNINGS, Charles resigned
    director
  23. 2008-03-19
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    MANSELL, Phillip resigned
    director
  24. 2008-03-19
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    TOWNSEND, Richard Dennis appointed
    director
  25. 2007-05-18
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    WADELEY, Stephen James appointed
    director
  26. 2007-05-18
    ➖
    HOLLEY, Michael resigned
    director
  27. 2006-07-01
    ➖
    PARSONS, David Leslie Thomas resigned
    director
  28. 2005-06-29
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Charles appointed
    secretary
  29. 2005-06-29
    ➖
    PARSONS, David Leslie Thomas resigned
    secretary
  30. 2005-06-29
    ➖
    BUTTER, Miriam resigned
    director
  31. 2005-06-29
    ➕
    MANSELL, Phillip appointed
    director
  32. 2001-02-21
    ➕
    HOLLEY, Michael appointed
    director
  33. 2001-02-21
    ➖
    JACKSON, Timothy resigned
    director
  34. 1995-07-18
    ➕
    BUTTER, Miriam appointed
    director
  35. 1995-07-18
    ➖
    CAMERON, Ross resigned
    director
  36. 1963-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As 287 LEWISHAM WAY (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED

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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

287 Lewisham Way
London
SE4 1XF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (1 active · 13 resigned)

WADELEY, Stephen James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, James William→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2013-05-14
Resigned
JENNINGS, Charles→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-29 · resigned 2009-02-22
Resigned
PARSONS, David Leslie Thomas→
secretary · resigned 2005-06-29
Resigned
BUTTER, Miriam→
director · ~57y · appointed 1995-07-18 · resigned 2005-06-29
Resigned
CAMERON, Ross→
director · ~75y · resigned 1995-07-18
Resigned
HOLLEY, Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-02-21 · resigned 2007-05-18
Resigned
JACKSON, Timothy→
director · ~64y · resigned 2001-02-21
Resigned
JENNINGS, Ada→
director · ~97y · appointed 2009-02-22 · resigned 2013-06-07
Resigned
JENNINGS, Charles→
director · ~108y · resigned 2009-02-22
Resigned
KIRBY, Thomas George→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2015-11-18
Resigned
MANSELL, Phillip→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-06-29 · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned
PARSONS, David Leslie Thomas→
director · ~94y · resigned 2006-07-01
Resigned
TOWNSEND, Richard Dennis→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2013-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

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2026-04-15
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2025-09-04
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2025-04-29
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2024-09-04
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2024-04-18
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2024-03-15
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2023-04-14
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2023-03-01
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2023-01-31
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2022-07-08
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2021-12-08
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2021-07-03
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2021-04-07
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2020-07-11
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accounts · AA
2020-02-12