12 GUINEA LANE (BATH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01602192 · ltd · incorporated 1981-12-04
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
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 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: 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 (78/100)

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
13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
124 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,027

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 283% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 176% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£239£478£718£957£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.0k£268
Current assets£1.2k£433
Net assets£1.0k£268

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-01-13
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-01-13
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  5. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-27
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    MILLOY, Ross resigned
    director
  7. 2024-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-01-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  9. 2024-01-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-08-01
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    MEDLEY, Simon Paul resigned
    director
  12. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-30
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-11-29
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    MILLOY, Ross appointed
    director
  18. 2020-11-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2020-10-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2020-10-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-02-14
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    BRICKLEY, Richard Stephen resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-02-14
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    BRICKLEY, Richard Stephen resigned
    director
  23. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2006-07-07
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    BENHAM, Edward John appointed
    director
  25. 2006-07-07
    ➖
    TURNER-NICHOLSON, Jennifer Nicola Isabel resigned
    director
  26. 2001-09-22
    ➕
    BRICKLEY, Richard Stephen appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-08-10
    ➖
    GEARTY, Margaret resigned
    director
  28. 2001-08-01
    ➕
    BRICKLEY, Richard Stephen appointed
    director
  29. 2001-03-29
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Keith Alan resigned
    secretary
  30. 2001-03-29
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Keith Alan resigned
    director
  31. 2001-03-29
    ➕
    MEDLEY, Simon Paul appointed
    director
  32. 1996-05-02
    ➕
    GEARTY, Margaret appointed
    director
  33. 1996-04-26
    ➕
    CHANDLER, Keith Alan appointed
    secretary
  34. 1996-04-26
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Mary Bernadette resigned
    secretary
  35. 1996-04-26
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Mary Bernadette resigned
    director
  36. 1992-12-21
    ➕
    CHANDLER, Mary Bernadette appointed
    secretary
  37. 1992-12-21
    ➖
    FEY, Janet Patricia resigned
    secretary
  38. 1992-12-21
    ➕
    CHANDLER, Mary Bernadette appointed
    director
  39. 1992-12-21
    ➖
    FEY, Janet Patricia resigned
    director
  40. 1981-12-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 12 GUINEA LANE (BATH) 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Harley Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/01/2024
Mr Charles Edwin Dibsdale
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2023
Mr Edward John Benham
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ross Milloyceased 27/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Simon Paul Medleyceased 01/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Richard Stephen Brickleyceased 14/02/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 Guinea Lane
Bath
Avon
BA1 5NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

BENHAM, Edward John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRICKLEY, Richard Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-22 · resigned 2020-02-14
Resigned
CHANDLER, Keith Alan→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-26 · resigned 2001-03-29
Resigned
CHANDLER, Mary Bernadette→
secretary · appointed 1992-12-21 · resigned 1996-04-26
Resigned
FEY, Janet Patricia→
secretary · resigned 1992-12-21
Resigned
BRICKLEY, Richard Stephen→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2020-02-14
Resigned
CHANDLER, Keith Alan→
director · ~64y · resigned 2001-03-29
Resigned
CHANDLER, Mary Bernadette→
director · ~63y · appointed 1992-12-21 · resigned 1996-04-26
Resigned
FEY, Janet Patricia→
director · ~69y · resigned 1992-12-21
Resigned
GEARTY, Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-05-02 · resigned 2001-08-10
Resigned
MEDLEY, Simon Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2023-08-01
Resigned
MILLOY, Ross→
director · ~26y · appointed 2020-11-29 · resigned 2024-01-27
Resigned
TURNER-NICHOLSON, Jennifer Nicola Isabel→
director · ~75y · resigned 2006-07-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (124 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25