PORTLAND HILL GROUP LTD

💤Zombieactive
02876907 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£539.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
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
92 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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £539,431
Net assets shrinking
Down £92 YoY
Cash YoY
+2185%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£594
↑ 2185% YoY
Net Worth
£539k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£327k£653k£980k£1.3m£1.6mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£539.4k£539.5k
Current assets£1.63M£1.47M
Cash£594£26
Debtors£1.63M£1.47M
Net assets£539.4k£539.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-18
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    MOHAMMADIAN, Bhavna resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-05-14
    ➖
    MOHAMMADIAN, Bhavna resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-10-07
    ➕
    MOHAMMADIAN, Bhavna appointed
    director
  19. 2003-11-20
    ➖
    TZAR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2002-12-27
    ➕
    MOHAMMADIAN, Bhavna appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-12-27
    ➖
    MOHAMMADIAN, Shahram resigned
    secretary
  22. 1993-12-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PORTLAND HILL GROUP LTD
  23. 1993-12-01
    ➕
    MOHAMMADIAN, Shahram appointed
    director
  24. 1993-12-01
    ➕
    MOHAMMADIAN, Shahram appointed
    secretary
  25. 1993-12-01
    ➕
    DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-12-01
    ➖
    DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1993-12-01
    ➕
    DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1993-12-01
    ➖
    DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1993-12-01
    ➕
    TZAR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shahram Mohammadian
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1993-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

127 Commercial Road
London
E1 1PX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

MOHAMMADIAN, Shahram→
director · ~57y · appointed 1993-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOHAMMADIAN, Bhavna→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-27 · resigned 2015-05-14
Resigned
MOHAMMADIAN, Shahram→
secretary · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 2002-12-27
Resigned
DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 1993-12-01
Resigned
MOHAMMADIAN, Bhavna→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-10-07 · resigned 2025-10-18
Resigned
DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 1993-12-01
Resigned
TZAR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 2003-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31