35 WESTBOURNE GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02371638 · ltd · incorporated 1989-04-13
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 2024
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (63/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
92 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-06-02
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    HOLDEN, Susan resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-05-31
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    DALE, James Trevor appointed
    director
  18. 2005-05-31
    ➕
    HOLDEN, Susan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-05-31
    ➖
    WOODCOCK, Jeremy John Wissler resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-29
    ➖
    SMITH, Kevin resigned
    director
  21. 2000-01-01
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    WOODCOCK, Jeremy John Wissler appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-11-30
    ➖
    EDWARDS, Alexandra Christine resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-11-27
    ➖
    CAMMISH, Susan Jane resigned
    director
  24. 1992-07-22
    ➖
    NOBLE, Robert Barrie, Secretary/Director resigned
    secretary
  25. 1992-07-22
    ➖
    CAMMISH, Neil David, Director resigned
    director
  26. 1992-07-22
    ➖
    SIDDLE, David James, Managing Director resigned
    director
  27. 1989-04-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 35 WESTBOURNE GROVE 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
Incorporated1989-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

4 Valley Bridge Parade
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 2PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

DALE, James Trevor→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Alexandra Christine→
secretary · resigned 1999-11-30
Resigned
HOLDEN, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-31 · resigned 2014-06-02
Resigned
NOBLE, Robert Barrie, Secretary/Director→
secretary · resigned 1992-07-22
Resigned
WOODCOCK, Jeremy John Wissler→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-01 · resigned 2005-05-31
Resigned
CAMMISH, Neil David, Director→
director · ~63y · resigned 1992-07-22
Resigned
CAMMISH, Susan Jane→
director · ~62y · resigned 1999-11-27
Resigned
SIDDLE, David James, Managing Director→
director · ~77y · resigned 1992-07-22
Resigned
SMITH, Kevin→
director · ~64y · resigned 2003-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-22