28 DANEHURST STREET LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02688458 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-18
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£56.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 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: 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,247

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£56k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£22k£34k£45k£56kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£100.0k£100.0k
Current assets£2£2
Net assets£56.2k£56.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2019-02-10
    ➖
    JAMES, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  11. 2018-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-12-31
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2016-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1992-03-31
    ➕
    JAMES, John appointed
    director
  18. 1992-03-31
    ➕
    JAMES, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  19. 1992-03-31
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1992-03-31
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1992-02-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 28 DANEHURST STREET LIMITED
  22. 1992-02-18
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1992-02-18
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 34 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John James
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Level 8, Ilona Rose House Level 8, Ilona Rose House
Manette Street
London
W1D 4AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

JAMES, John→
director · ~73y · appointed 1992-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMES, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 1992-03-31 · resigned 2019-02-10
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-02-18 · resigned 1992-03-31
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-02-18 · resigned 1992-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-19