BIRD HILLS (UK) LTD.

💤Zombieactive

02562444 · ltd · incorporated 1990-11-26

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

67/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: asset disposal / carve-out (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 34.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 34.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (1 active, 15 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

67/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3700	3000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-28
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GANESHALINGAM, Arulraj resigned
director
2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
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GANESHALINGAM, Arulraj appointed
director
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-01-31
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NAKAGAWA, Zentaro resigned
secretary
2023-12-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-24
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-24
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-23
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AIZAWA, Hidemasa resigned
director
2023-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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AIZAWA, Chifumi resigned
director
2021-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-12-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-12-01
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NAKAGAWA, Zentaro resigned
director
2017-07-31
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AIZAWA, Ellie appointed
director
2017-07-31
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AIZAWA, Noriko resigned
director
2015-11-30
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HERON, Alexander resigned
director
2014-12-26
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AIZAWA, Hidemasa appointed
director
2006-10-12
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AIZAWA, Chifumi appointed
director
2006-10-12
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AIZAWA, Noriko appointed
director
2006-10-12
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AIZAWA, Toshimasa resigned
director
2006-10-12
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AIZAWA, Yoshinobu resigned
director
2005-08-26
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HERON, Alexander appointed
director
1994-09-06
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MANOS, Jon Arthur resigned
director
1994-05-10
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FUJII, Tomonori resigned
secretary
1994-05-10
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FUJII, Tomonori resigned
director
1994-05-03
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NAKAGAWA, Zentaro appointed
secretary
1994-05-03
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MANOS, Jon Arthur appointed
director
1994-05-03
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NAKAGAWA, Zentaro appointed
director
1993-02-19
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FUJITA, Makoto resigned
director
1993-02-19
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SASO, Naotake resigned
director
1992-06-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1992-01-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-11-26
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Company incorporated
As BIRD HILLS (UK) LTD.

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·

Has insolvency history

medium

Companies House flags prior insolvency events. Review the insolvency filings for context.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Ellie Aizawa Individual · Japanese · DOB 12/1982 · age 44	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/11/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ms Chifumi Aizawaceased 15/11/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr Hidemasa Aizawaceased 01/12/2018· board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated1990-11-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Drift Road

Hawthorn Hill

Nr.Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL6 3ST

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (1 active · 14 resigned)

AIZAWA, Ellie→

director · ~44y · appointed 2017-07-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FUJII, Tomonori→

secretary · resigned 1994-05-10

Resigned

NAKAGAWA, Zentaro→

secretary · appointed 1994-05-03 · resigned 2024-01-31

Resigned

AIZAWA, Chifumi→

director · ~51y · appointed 2006-10-12 · resigned 2022-03-31

Resigned

AIZAWA, Hidemasa→

director · ~55y · appointed 2014-12-26 · resigned 2023-08-23

Resigned

AIZAWA, Noriko→

director · ~86y · appointed 2006-10-12 · resigned 2017-07-31

Resigned

AIZAWA, Toshimasa→

director · ~59y · resigned 2006-10-12

Resigned

AIZAWA, Yoshinobu→

director · ~94y · resigned 2006-10-12

Resigned

FUJII, Tomonori→

director · ~60y · resigned 1994-05-10

Resigned

FUJITA, Makoto→

director · ~80y · resigned 1993-02-19

Resigned

GANESHALINGAM, Arulraj→

director · ~42y · appointed 2025-04-01 · resigned 2026-02-28

Resigned

HERON, Alexander→

director · ~84y · appointed 2005-08-26 · resigned 2015-11-30

Resigned

MANOS, Jon Arthur→

director · ~66y · appointed 1994-05-03 · resigned 1994-09-06

Resigned

NAKAGAWA, Zentaro→

director · ~79y · appointed 1994-05-03 · resigned 2017-12-01

Resigned

SASO, Naotake→

director · ~81y · resigned 1993-02-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	18/06/1992	—
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	27/01/1992	—

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Recent filings (151 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-16

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-16

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-02-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-25

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-18

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-11-24

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-11-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-14