4 MANLEY ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02132422 · ltd · incorporated 1987-05-18
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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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 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 86). 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 (68/100)

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
25 officers (2 active, 25 linked, 18 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
151 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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £3,392
Net assets shrinking
Down £245 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£727£1k£2k£3k£4kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.9k£3.6k
Current assets£3.2k£3.4k
Net assets£3.4k£3.6k

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
6
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
    ➕
    LUPTON, Norma Evelyn appointed
    director
  2. 2026-05-19
    ➖
    MOON, Matthew William resigned
    director
  3. 2026-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-05-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-04-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-04-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-04-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-12-12
    ➖
    BRABIN, Ruth resigned
    director
  9. 2025-12-12
    ➖
    LUPTON, Norma Evelyn resigned
    director
  10. 2025-12-12
    ➕
    MOON, Matthew William appointed
    director
  11. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-15
    ➖
    O'CONNOR, Rachel resigned
    director
  16. 2022-03-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-11-13
    ➖
    TONER, Gail Elizabeth resigned
    director
  20. 2020-11-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-09-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2020-08-20
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Mark David resigned
    director
  23. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2019-04-17
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, Rachel appointed
    director
  26. 2019-03-28
    ➕
    LUPTON, Norma Evelyn appointed
    director
  27. 2019-03-28
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2015-07-14
    ➖
    KING, John resigned
    director
  29. 2014-02-24
    ➖
    CARR, Paul Michael resigned
    director
  30. 2013-12-17
    ➕
    BLUNDELLSANDS PROPERTIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2013-12-17
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Mark David resigned
    secretary
  32. 2012-03-21
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Mark David appointed
    secretary
  33. 2012-03-21
    ➖
    KING, Marion Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  34. 2012-03-01
    ➕
    BRABIN, Ruth appointed
    director
  35. 2012-03-01
    ➕
    CARR, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  36. 2011-12-31
    ➖
    JEWELL, Alan resigned
    director
  37. 2011-12-31
    ➖
    STAM, Lisa Therese resigned
    director
  38. 2010-11-04
    ➕
    KING, Marion Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  39. 2010-09-30
    ➖
    JEWELL, Alan resigned
    secretary
  40. 2006-09-27
    ➕
    JEWELL, Alan appointed
    secretary
  41. 2006-04-30
    ➖
    MAYOR, Nigel James resigned
    secretary
  42. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    JEWELL, Alan appointed
    director
  43. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Mark David appointed
    director
  44. 2006-02-01
    ➖
    MAYOR, Nigel James resigned
    director
  45. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    STAM, Lisa Therese appointed
    director
  46. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    TONER, Gail Elizabeth appointed
    director
  47. 2005-12-20
    ➖
    CROOK, Clive Robert resigned
    director
  48. 2005-04-07
    ➖
    KING, Marion Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  49. 2005-04-07
    ➕
    MAYOR, Nigel James appointed
    secretary
  50. 2004-03-31
    ➖
    DUNNING, Charles David resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BRABIN, Ruth resigned 2025-12-12; LUPTON, Norma Evelyn resigned 2025-12-12; MOON, Matthew William resigned 2026-05-19

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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
Incorporated1987-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Station Works Byron Road
Crosby
Liverpool
Merseyside
L23 8TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 23 resigned)

BLUNDELLSANDS PROPERTIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUPTON, Norma Evelyn→
director · ~86y · appointed 2026-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GASKIN, Edna Violet→
secretary · resigned 2003-01-10
Resigned
JEWELL, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-27 · resigned 2010-09-30
Resigned
JOHNSON, Mark David→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-21 · resigned 2013-12-17
Resigned
KING, Marion Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-04 · resigned 2012-03-21
Resigned
KING, Marion Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-10 · resigned 2005-04-07
Resigned
MAYOR, Nigel James→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-07 · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
BLOCKSAGE, Robert Neil→
director · ~67y · resigned 1991-11-08
Resigned
BRABIN, Ruth→
director · ~38y · appointed 2012-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned
CARR, Paul Michael→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-03-01 · resigned 2014-02-24
Resigned
CROOK, Clive Robert→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-04-30 · resigned 2005-12-20
Resigned
DUNNING, Charles David→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2004-03-31
Resigned
GASKIN, Edna Violet→
director · ~114y · resigned 2003-06-23
Resigned
JEWELL, Alan→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2011-12-31
Resigned
JOHNSON, Mark David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2020-08-20
Resigned
KESKIN, Paula→
director · ~64y · resigned 2001-04-16
Resigned
KING, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-05-01 · resigned 2015-07-14
Resigned
LUPTON, Norma Evelyn→
director · ~86y · appointed 2019-03-28 · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned
MAYOR, Nigel James→
director · ~77y · resigned 2006-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (151 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14