ALFORD COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02479207 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-09

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£533

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £533

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,943 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£533

↓ 78% YoY

Current Assets

£283

↓ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.0k	£3.0k
Current assets	£283	£2.5k
Net assets	£533	£2.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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2025-03-24
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address · AD01
2024-09-13
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2023-09-18
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2022-10-13
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2021-07-14
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2020-12-14
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2019-09-16
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2018-12-03
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2017-11-08
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2016-09-01
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2016-03-03
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2015-08-26
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2015-03-03
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2006-02-24
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CHARE, Jeremy resigned
director
2006-01-29
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O'KEEFFE, Jamie Alistair resigned
director
2004-11-30
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MOORE, Mark Paul resigned
director
2004-08-20
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O KEEFFE, Cavin Patrick appointed
secretary
2004-08-20
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O KEEFFE, Colleen Dawn appointed
director
2004-08-20
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FRIEL, Glen Gordon resigned
secretary
2004-08-20
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MOORE, Mark Paul appointed
director
2004-08-20
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O'KEEFFE, Jamie Alistair appointed
director
2004-08-20
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RHODES, Darren Ian resigned
director
2004-03-10
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FRIEL, Glen Gordon resigned
director
1999-11-24
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GARSIDE, Pamela resigned
director
1996-03-01
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FRIEL, Glen Gordon appointed
secretary
1996-03-01
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PEARSON, Sean David resigned
secretary
1996-03-01
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GARSIDE, Pamela appointed
director
1996-03-01
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PEARSON, Sean David resigned
director
1992-06-01
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DIETT, Anthony Maurice, Director resigned
director
1992-04-08
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DIETT, Carole Anne, Company Secretary resigned
secretary
1992-04-07
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PEARSON, Sean David appointed
secretary
1992-04-07
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PEARSON, Sean David appointed
director
1992-04-07
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RHODES, Darren Ian appointed
director
1992-03-02
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FRIEL, Glen Gordon appointed
director
1991-03-10
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CHARE, Jeremy appointed
director
1990-03-09
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Company incorporated
As ALFORD COURT 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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ALL SAINTS COURT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED→ 00864407 · est 1965 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	60y	—	—
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ALMA HOUSE AND HOME FARM MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 02391003 · est 1989 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	36y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated1990-03-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Swallows Rest

Shuthonger

Tewkesbury

Gloucestershire

GL20 6EF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

O KEEFFE, Cavin Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

O KEEFFE, Colleen Dawn→

director · ~72y · appointed 2004-08-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DIETT, Carole Anne, Company Secretary→

secretary · resigned 1992-04-08

Resigned

FRIEL, Glen Gordon→

secretary · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 2004-08-20

Resigned

PEARSON, Sean David→

secretary · appointed 1992-04-07 · resigned 1996-03-01

Resigned

CHARE, Jeremy→

director · ~67y · appointed 1991-03-10 · resigned 2006-02-24

Resigned

DIETT, Anthony Maurice, Director→

director · ~75y · resigned 1992-06-01

Resigned

FRIEL, Glen Gordon→

director · ~59y · appointed 1992-03-02 · resigned 2004-03-10

Resigned

GARSIDE, Pamela→

director · ~50y · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 1999-11-24

Resigned

MOORE, Mark Paul→

director · ~52y · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

O'KEEFFE, Jamie Alistair→

director · ~49y · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2006-01-29

Resigned

PEARSON, Sean David→

director · ~60y · appointed 1992-04-07 · resigned 1996-03-01

Resigned

RHODES, Darren Ian→

director · ~61y · appointed 1992-04-07 · resigned 2004-08-20

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (109 total)

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2026-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-13

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-18

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-13

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

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2021-07-14

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2021-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-12-14

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-03-05