68 PARK ROAD WEST MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02099896 · ltd · incorporated 1987-02-13
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (77/100)

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2024-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  4. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-12-01
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  6. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  9. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-02
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-04-29
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2017-04-25
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-01-28
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    GORDON, Gerard John resigned
    director
  15. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-12-20
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    GORDON, Gerard John appointed
    director
  18. 2005-12-20
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    SCARRATT, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  19. 1998-03-18
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    ELKERTON, Carole Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-03-18
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    ELKERTON, Carole Ann appointed
    director
  21. 1998-03-18
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    FLOOD, Alexander Stephen resigned
    secretary
  22. 1998-03-18
    ➖
    FLOOD, Alexander Stephen resigned
    director
  23. 1998-03-18
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    SCARRATT, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  24. 1998-03-18
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    THOMAS, Micheal Paul resigned
    director
  25. 1995-07-31
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    BOATER, Neil resigned
    director
  26. 1995-07-31
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    THOMAS, Micheal Paul appointed
    director
  27. 1994-03-31
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    KIRKBY, James Bryan resigned
    director
  28. 1994-03-31
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    KIRKBY, Stephen Sean resigned
    director
  29. 1987-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 68 PARK ROAD WEST MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Ann Elkerton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
——board controlboard control · trust interest02/03/2017

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

68 Park Road West
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH43 8SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

ELKERTON, Carole Ann→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELKERTON, Carole Ann→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLOOD, Alexander Stephen→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-18
Resigned
BOATER, Neil→
director · ~60y · resigned 1995-07-31
Resigned
FLOOD, Alexander Stephen→
director · ~62y · resigned 1998-03-18
Resigned
GORDON, Gerard John→
director · ~88y · appointed 2005-12-20 · resigned 2017-01-28
Resigned
KIRKBY, James Bryan→
director · ~73y · resigned 1994-03-31
Resigned
KIRKBY, Stephen Sean→
director · ~76y · resigned 1994-03-31
Resigned
SCARRATT, Jacqueline→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-03-18 · resigned 2005-12-20
Resigned
THOMAS, Micheal Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 1998-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-06