ASHLYN'S PARK RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (COBHAM) LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02200586 · ltd · incorporated 1987-11-30
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 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (70/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
95 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 accountsCash
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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 | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-22📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-18📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2004-01-19➕WALLIS, Frank Antonio appointeddirector
- 2004-01-19➖DAVIES, Ian Leighton resigneddirector
- 2002-12-31➕WALLIS, Sylvia Anne appointedsecretary
- 2002-12-01➖SHISHMANIAN, Sarah Ann resignedsecretary
- 1987-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHLYN'S PARK RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (COBHAM) LIMITED
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 22 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Ashbourne
7 Fairmile Avenue
Cobham
KT11 2JA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
WALLIS, Sylvia Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-12-31
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WALLIS, Frank Antonio→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2004-01-19
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SHISHMANIAN, Sarah Ann→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2002-12-01
DAVIES, Ian Leighton→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 2004-01-19
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Recent filings (95 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10