ST. ELMO HOUSE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01232329 · ltd · incorporated 1975-11-04

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 (79/100)

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

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 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

102 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-24	2023-12-24
Average employees	200	200

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-04-17
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officers · TM01
2025-03-11
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2024-03-25
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accounts · AA
2023-11-24
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GIBBONS, Anthony John Craven resigned
director
2023-02-14
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accounts · AA
2022-04-01
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accounts · AA
2021-09-08
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accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts · AA
2019-09-23
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accounts · AA
2018-03-26
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accounts · AA
2017-04-10
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accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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address · AD03
2016-06-29
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address · AD02
2016-06-01
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-09
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accounts · AA
2015-12-09
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officers · CH01
2015-12-08
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GIBBONS, Anthony John Craven appointed
director
2013-10-20
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SIMMONDS, Jacqueline Cecile resigned
secretary
2013-10-20
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SIMMONDS, Jacqueline Cecile resigned
director
1999-03-29
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GIBBONS, Corinne Marguerite appointed
director
1999-03-29
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SIMMONDS, Trefor Thomas resigned
director
1975-11-04
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Company incorporated
As ST. ELMO HOUSE 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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
Mrs Corinne Marguerite Gibbons Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1975-11-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

8 Lyndhurst Gdns

London

NW3 5NR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last made up to: 2024-12-24

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-11

Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

GIBBONS, Corinne Marguerite→

director · ~75y · appointed 1999-03-29

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Active

SIMMONDS, Jacqueline Cecile→

secretary · resigned 2013-10-20

Resigned

GIBBONS, Anthony John Craven→

director · ~82y · appointed 2015-12-08 · resigned 2023-11-24

Resigned

SIMMONDS, Jacqueline Cecile→

director · ~102y · resigned 2013-10-20

Resigned

SIMMONDS, Trefor Thomas→

director · ~115y · resigned 1999-03-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-01

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-28

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officers · TM01

2025-04-17