50 NORTH STREET PLYMOUTH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02463153 · ltd · incorporated 1990-01-25
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
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-04-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-03-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-05-02
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    GATES, Harold resigned
    director
  19. 2007-01-31
    ➕
    CONYERS, Matthew Fairfax appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-01-31
    ➖
    COURTIER, Lisa resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-04-28
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    COURTIER, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-04-28
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    SMITH, Karen resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-05-31
    ➕
    SMITH, Karen appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-01-01
    ➕
    CONYERS, Matthew Fairfax appointed
    director
  25. 2004-10-15
    ➖
    HOWARD, Melissa resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-10-15
    ➖
    HOWARD, Melissa resigned
    director
  27. 1996-03-25
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    BOOTLAND, Paul Rowland resigned
    director
  28. 1996-03-25
    ➕
    GATES, Harold appointed
    director
  29. 1990-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 50 NORTH STREET PLYMOUTH LIMITED

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 36 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
Mr Matthew Fairfax Conyers
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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
Incorporated1990-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 10 Lyhner Building
Queen Anne Battery
Plymouth
PL4 0LP
England

Filing status

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

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CONYERS, Matthew Fairfax→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONYERS, Matthew Fairfax→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COURTIER, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
HOWARD, Melissa→
secretary · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned
SMITH, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-31 · resigned 2006-04-28
Resigned
BOOTLAND, Paul Rowland→
director · ~63y · resigned 1996-03-25
Resigned
GATES, Harold→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-03-25 · resigned 2013-05-02
Resigned
HOWARD, Melissa→
director · ~55y · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-22