PINE TREE LODGE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02822228 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-27
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
23 officers (2 active, 23 linked, 12 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-08
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    CROWE, Pat resigned
    director
  5. 2024-04-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-05-26
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    CROWE, Pat appointed
    director
  18. 2012-12-10
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    CROWE, Patricia Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2008-11-01
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    SOUTHERN COUNTIES MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-09-30
    ➖
    MANAGEMENT DIRECT (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-08-20
    ➖
    KINGSLAND, Sydney Alfred resigned
    director
  22. 2003-11-05
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    SOUTHERN, Michael Roy resigned
    director
  23. 2003-04-08
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    MANAGEMENT DIRECT (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    CROWE, Patricia Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2003-02-28
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Charles resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Charles resigned
    secretary
  27. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Linda Ann resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-05-02
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    REYNOLDS, Charles appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-05-02
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Charles appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-06-14
    ➖
    CROWE, Patricia Ann resigned
    director
  31. 2000-06-14
    ➕
    SOUTHERN, Michael Roy appointed
    director
  32. 2000-01-26
    ➖
    CROWE, Patricia Ann resigned
    secretary
  33. 2000-01-26
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Linda Ann appointed
    secretary
  34. 1999-10-08
    ➕
    CAPELL, Mark Stuart appointed
    director
  35. 1999-10-08
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    DOUGLAS, Paul Michael resigned
    director
  36. 1996-04-25
    ➖
    SOLTS, Stanley Brian resigned
    director
  37. 1995-12-04
    ➖
    DYTCH, Jean Doris resigned
    secretary
  38. 1995-12-04
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  39. 1995-12-04
    ➖
    DYTCH, Jean Doris resigned
    director
  40. 1995-12-04
    ➖
    JUHOOR, Zainab resigned
    director
  41. 1995-12-04
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    KINGSLAND, Sydney Alfred appointed
    director
  42. 1995-12-04
    ➖
    MARSH, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  43. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    CROWE, Patricia Ann appointed
    secretary
  44. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    DYTCH, Jean Doris appointed
    secretary
  45. 1995-01-25
    ➖
    SOLTS, Stanley Brian resigned
    secretary
  46. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    CROWE, Patricia Ann appointed
    director
  47. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    DYTCH, Jean Doris appointed
    director
  48. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    JUHOOR, Zainab appointed
    director
  49. 1995-01-25
    ➕
    MARSH, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  50. 1995-01-25
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Steven resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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
Incorporated1993-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Eden House
Southern Counties Management Ltd
Edenbridge
TN8 6HF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-07
Last: 2026-05-24

Officers (2 active · 21 resigned)

SOUTHERN COUNTIES MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAPELL, Mark Stuart→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWE, Patricia Ann→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 2000-01-26
Resigned
DYTCH, Jean Doris→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 1995-12-04
Resigned
REYNOLDS, Charles→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
REYNOLDS, Charles→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2003-02-28
Resigned
REYNOLDS, Linda Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-26 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
SOLTS, Stanley Brian→
secretary · appointed 1993-05-27 · resigned 1995-01-25
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-05-27 · resigned 1993-05-27
Resigned
MANAGEMENT DIRECT (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-04-08 · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned
CROWE, Pat→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-05-26 · resigned 2024-04-08
Resigned
CROWE, Patricia Ann→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2012-12-10
Resigned
CROWE, Patricia Ann→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 2000-06-14
Resigned
DOUGLAS, Paul Michael→
director · ~109y · appointed 1995-12-04 · resigned 1999-10-08
Resigned
DYTCH, Jean Doris→
director · ~90y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 1995-12-04
Resigned
JUHOOR, Zainab→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 1995-12-04
Resigned
KINGSLAND, Sydney Alfred→
director · ~104y · appointed 1995-12-04 · resigned 2007-08-20
Resigned
MARSH, Geoffrey→
director · ~92y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 1995-12-04
Resigned
SOLTS, Stanley Brian→
director · ~90y · appointed 1993-05-27 · resigned 1996-04-25
Resigned
SOUTHERN, Michael Roy→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-06-14 · resigned 2003-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (113 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14