58 GIFFORD TERRACE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02073679 · ltd · incorporated 1986-11-13

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

126 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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2026-02-14
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2025-11-04
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2024-12-10
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2023-12-06
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2022-12-19
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2021-11-14
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address · AD01
2021-08-24
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officers · TM01
2021-08-24
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2021-03-30
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LEONG, Davina resigned
secretary
2021-03-30
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LEONG, Davina resigned
director
2020-12-30
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2019-12-01
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2018-11-29
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2018-01-15
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2016-12-23
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2006-06-06
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BYRNE, Martin resigned
director
2004-05-28
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LEONG, Davina appointed
secretary
2004-05-28
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LEONG, Davina appointed
director
2004-05-27
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SAMPSON, Helen Monica resigned
secretary
2004-05-27
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SAMPSON, Helen Monica resigned
director
2004-04-28
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MULLANE, Sean appointed
director
2004-04-28
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MEADOWS, Ian Stuart resigned
secretary
2004-04-28
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SAMPSON, Helen Monica appointed
secretary
2004-04-28
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BYRNE, Martin appointed
director
2004-04-28
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MEADOWS, Ian Stuart resigned
director
2004-04-28
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NEWTON, Kevin Malcolm resigned
director
2004-04-28
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SAMPSON, Helen Monica appointed
director
1996-11-13
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MEADOWS, Ian Stuart appointed
secretary
1994-09-05
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MEADOWS, Ian Stuart appointed
director
1994-09-05
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NEWTON, Kevin Malcolm appointed
director
1986-11-13
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Company incorporated
As 58 GIFFORD TERRACE ROAD 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

58a 58a

Gifford Terrace Road

Plymouth.

Devon

PL3 4JE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

MULLANE, Sean→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-04-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEONG, Davina→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-28 · resigned 2021-03-30

Resigned

MEADOWS, Ian Stuart→

secretary · appointed 1996-11-13 · resigned 2004-04-28

Resigned

SAMPSON, Helen Monica→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-28 · resigned 2004-05-27

Resigned

BYRNE, Martin→

director · ~70y · appointed 2004-04-28 · resigned 2006-06-06

Resigned

LEONG, Davina→

director · ~86y · appointed 2004-05-28 · resigned 2021-03-30

Resigned

MEADOWS, Ian Stuart→

director · ~56y · appointed 1994-09-05 · resigned 2004-04-28

Resigned

NEWTON, Kevin Malcolm→

director · ~56y · appointed 1994-09-05 · resigned 2004-04-28

Resigned

SAMPSON, Helen Monica→

director · ~58y · appointed 2004-04-28 · resigned 2004-05-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (126 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08

2026-03-09

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-02-14

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accounts · AA

2025-11-04