16 BARKSTON GARDENS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01978190 · ltd · incorporated 1986-01-16
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 2025
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
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 (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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-01-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-09-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-09-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-15
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    DIB, Aude resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-12-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2020-11-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2020-11-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-02-05
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    DIB, Alain Paul Eric resigned
    director
  21. 2008-10-01
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    DIB, Alain Paul Eric appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    DIB, Aude appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    DIB, Alain Paul Eric appointed
    director
  24. 2008-09-30
    ➖
    MILNE, Stephen Alan resigned
    secretary
  25. 2008-09-30
    ➖
    MILNE, Stephen Alan resigned
    director
  26. 2008-09-22
    ➖
    MILNE, Olave Juliane Kiki resigned
    director
  27. 1986-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 16 BARKSTON GARDENS 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. 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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

Group structure

Mangenie Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Mangenie Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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16 BARKSTON GARDENS LIMITED
This company · 01978190

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alain Paul Eric Dib
Individual · French · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares04/09/2025
Mangenie Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/11/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alain And Mrs Aude Dibceased 04/09/2025· 50-75% shares
  • Mr Andrew Lois Reitmaierceased 11/11/2020· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated1986-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

16 Barkston Gardens
London
SW5 0EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

DIB, Alain Paul Eric→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIB, Aude→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2021-12-15
Resigned
MILNE, Stephen Alan→
secretary · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned
DIB, Alain Paul Eric→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2016-02-05
Resigned
MILNE, Olave Juliane Kiki→
director · ~89y · resigned 2008-09-22
Resigned
MILNE, Stephen Alan→
director · ~83y · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23