48 NORTHFIELD ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01958666 · ltd · incorporated 1985-11-13
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£2
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (76/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 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 £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£234£468£702£936£1kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-232024-06-23
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£1.2k£1.1k
Net assets£2£2

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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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-08-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-08-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-10
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    capital · SH03
  11. 2019-10-04
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    capital · SH06
  12. 2019-10-04
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    capital · SH03
  13. 2019-09-25
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    capital · SH06
  14. 2019-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2009-04-14
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    JONES, Tabitha Jean May appointed
    secretary
  16. 2009-04-14
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    JONES, Tabitha Jean May appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-14
    ➖
    STELLMAN, Martin resigned
    director
  18. 2006-10-19
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, Moira resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    O'DONOVAN, John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    O'DONOVAN, John resigned
    director
  21. 1997-03-15
    ➕
    O'DONOVAN, John appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-06-08
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Moira appointed
    director
  23. 1996-06-08
    ➕
    O'DONOVAN, John appointed
    director
  24. 1996-06-07
    ➖
    PRITCHARD, Gunhild Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  25. 1996-06-07
    ➖
    PRITCHARD, Graham Wilhelm resigned
    director
  26. 1993-04-14
    ➖
    DALEY, Martin Kerry resigned
    director
  27. 1993-04-14
    ➕
    STELLMAN, Martin appointed
    director
  28. 1985-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 48 NORTHFIELD ROAD MANAGEMENT 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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 David Gluck
Individual · British · DOB 10/1996 · age 30
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/06/2022
Mrs Tabitha Jean May Jones
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
—25–50%25-50% voting12/07/2016
Mr Benjamin Anthony Francis Jones
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/06/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Gull Farm
Hasketon
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP13 6JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last made up to: 2025-06-23
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

JONES, Tabitha Jean May→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Tabitha Jean May→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONOVAN, John→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-15 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
PRITCHARD, Gunhild Elizabeth→
secretary · resigned 1996-06-07
Resigned
DALEY, Martin Kerry→
director · ~76y · resigned 1993-04-14
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Moira→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-06-08 · resigned 2006-10-19
Resigned
O'DONOVAN, John→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-06-08 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
PRITCHARD, Graham Wilhelm→
director · ~73y · resigned 1996-06-07
Resigned
STELLMAN, Martin→
director · ~78y · appointed 1993-04-14 · resigned 2009-04-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29