15 YORK PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01509356 · ltd · incorporated 1980-07-25

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£5

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

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (68/100)

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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

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 £5

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5

~ YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£5	£5
Current assets	£5.0k	£6.0k
Net assets	£5	£5

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts · AA
2025-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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officers · TM01
2020-09-01
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PARSONS, Richard Anthony resigned
director
2020-06-05
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MEADOWS, Alasdair appointed
secretary
2020-06-05
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PARSONS, Richard Anthony resigned
secretary
2020-06-05
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address · AD01
2020-06-05
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-06-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-20
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annual-return · AR01
1997-01-01
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CHILD, Jenny Caroline appointed
director
1997-01-01
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HARRISON, Julia Mary resigned
director
1992-07-13
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HARRISON, Julia Mary appointed
director
1992-04-08
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BROOKES, Christopher James resigned
director
1980-07-25
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Company incorporated
As 15 YORK PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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

Incorporated1980-07-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

4 Newlyn Avenue

Bristol

BS9 1BP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MEADOWS, Alasdair→

secretary · appointed 2020-06-05

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Active

CHILD, Jenny Caroline→

director · ~59y · appointed 1997-01-01

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Active

PARSONS, Richard Anthony→

secretary · resigned 2020-06-05

Resigned

BROOKES, Christopher James→

director · ~63y · resigned 1992-04-08

Resigned

HARRISON, Julia Mary→

director · ~63y · appointed 1992-07-13 · resigned 1997-01-01

Resigned

PARSONS, Richard Anthony→

director · ~73y · resigned 2020-09-01

Resigned

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