ARLINGTON HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02595214 · ltd · incorporated 1991-03-25

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 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 (72/100)

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

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
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2025-05-11
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accounts · AA
2024-05-21
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accounts · AA
2023-05-22
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accounts · AA
2022-11-21
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accounts · AA
2021-11-09
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accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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address · AD01
2019-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-02-28
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officers · AP04
2018-02-28
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officers · TM02
2018-02-22
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STUDYHOME 1992 LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2018-02-22
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STUDYHOME 1990 LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2017-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-04-07
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-25
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STUDYHOME 1991 LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2010-10-01
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JACKSON, John Haydon appointed
director
1997-02-19
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STUDYHOME 1990 LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
1997-02-19
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STUDYHOME 1991 LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-01-24
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STUDYHOME (NO 90) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-01-24
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STUDYHOME 1991 LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1997-01-24
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STUDYHOME 1991 LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
1993-03-25
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STUDYHOME (NO 90) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1991-10-15
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WRIGHT, Carl Gerry resigned
secretary
1991-10-15
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FENEMORE-JONES, Claude Andrew Robert resigned
director
1991-03-25
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Company incorporated
As ARLINGTON HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
1991-03-25
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WRIGHT, Carl Gerry appointed
secretary
1991-03-25
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FENEMORE-JONES, Claude Andrew Robert appointed
director

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

Incorporated1991-03-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Lodge

Park Road

Shepton Mallet

Somerset

BA4 5BS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

STUDYHOME 1992 LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-02-22

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Active

JACKSON, John Haydon→

director · ~83y · appointed 2010-10-01

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Active

WRIGHT, Carl Gerry→

secretary · appointed 1991-03-25 · resigned 1991-10-15

Resigned

STUDYHOME (NO 90) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-03-25 · resigned 1997-01-24

Resigned

STUDYHOME 1990 LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-02-19 · resigned 2018-02-22

Resigned

STUDYHOME 1991 LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-01-24 · resigned 1997-02-19

Resigned

FENEMORE-JONES, Claude Andrew Robert→

director · ~72y · appointed 1991-03-25 · resigned 1991-10-15

Resigned

STUDYHOME 1991 LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1997-01-24 · resigned 2016-03-25

Resigned

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