28 BURLINGTON ROAD IPSWICH MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02909196 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-16
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
£12.3k
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (69/100)

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
27 officers (2 active, 27 linked, 21 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
118 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.

See pricing →
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 £12,337
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,399 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£12k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£19kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£12.3k£18.7k
Current assets£9.9k£16.3k
Net assets£12.3k£18.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-15
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    BENTALL, Lucinda resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-01
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    BUNN, Christine Margaret resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-31
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-15
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    BENTALL, Lucinda appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-30
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    BUNN, Michael Sherman resigned
    director
  13. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-29
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  19. 2016-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-10-07
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    WESTLAKE, Clair Diana resigned
    director
  21. 2013-03-01
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    BUNN, Christine Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2012-12-17
    ➕
    BUNN, Michael Sherman appointed
    director
  23. 2012-12-17
    ➖
    RICE, Graham Frank resigned
    director
  24. 2012-10-31
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Christopher James resigned
    director
  25. 2012-01-31
    ➖
    BROWN, Andrew resigned
    director
  26. 2011-06-01
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    RICE, Graham Frank appointed
    director
  27. 2007-05-08
    ➖
    SHIPP, Lawrence resigned
    director
  28. 2007-04-13
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    ANDREWS, Kirsten resigned
    director
  29. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Christopher James appointed
    director
  30. 2007-02-28
    ➖
    CHAMBERLAIN, Patricia Maureen resigned
    director
  31. 2003-06-16
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    GOODCHILD, Amy resigned
    director
  32. 2003-06-16
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    SHIPP, Lawrence appointed
    director
  33. 2003-01-20
    ➖
    EMMERSON, Graham Edwin resigned
    director
  34. 2003-01-20
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    WESTLAKE, Clair Diana appointed
    director
  35. 2002-07-19
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    ANDREWS, Kirsten appointed
    director
  36. 2002-07-19
    ➖
    JARRETT, Thomas Edward resigned
    director
  37. 2001-02-23
    ➖
    CHENERY, Rachel Sarah resigned
    director
  38. 2001-02-23
    ➕
    EMMERSON, Graham Edwin appointed
    director
  39. 2000-12-01
    ➕
    WARDLAW, Karen appointed
    secretary
  40. 2000-12-01
    ➖
    CHENERY, Rachel Sarah resigned
    secretary
  41. 2000-02-29
    ➕
    JARRETT, Thomas Edward appointed
    director
  42. 2000-02-29
    ➖
    SEGGAR, Ian resigned
    director
  43. 1999-08-16
    ➕
    CHENERY, Rachel Sarah appointed
    secretary
  44. 1999-08-16
    ➖
    SEGGAR, Ian resigned
    secretary
  45. 1998-01-22
    ➕
    SEGGAR, Ian appointed
    secretary
  46. 1998-01-22
    ➖
    EYE REGISTRARS LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  47. 1997-06-01
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    WARDLAW, Trevor appointed
    director
  48. 1997-06-01
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Edmund Alexis Philip resigned
    director
  49. 1996-10-01
    ➕
    CHAMBERLAIN, Patricia Maureen appointed
    director
  50. 1996-10-01
    ➖
    KEMP, David Colin resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 68 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 29 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 6
28 Burlington Road
Ipswick
Suffolk
IP1 2EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 25 resigned)

WARDLAW, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARDLAW, Trevor→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHENERY, Rachel Sarah→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-16 · resigned 2000-12-01
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel John→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 1994-03-16
Resigned
MACLEOD, Edmund Alexis Philip→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 1995-05-01
Resigned
SEGGAR, Ian→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 1999-08-16
Resigned
EYE REGISTRARS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-05-01 · resigned 1998-01-22
Resigned
ANDREWS, Kirsten→
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
BENTALL, Lucinda→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-05-15 · resigned 2026-03-15
Resigned
BROWN, Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 2012-01-31
Resigned
BUNN, Christine Margaret→
director · ~84y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2025-04-01
Resigned
BUNN, Michael Sherman→
director · ~83y · appointed 2012-12-17 · resigned 2022-03-30
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Christopher James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2007-04-13 · resigned 2012-10-31
Resigned
CHAMBERLAIN, Patricia Maureen→
director · ~91y · appointed 1996-10-01 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
CHENERY, Rachel Sarah→
director · ~58y · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 2001-02-23
Resigned
DOYLE, Betty June→
nominee-director · ~90y · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 1994-03-16
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel John→
nominee-director · ~85y · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 1994-03-16
Resigned
EMMERSON, Graham Edwin→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-02-23 · resigned 2003-01-20
Resigned
GEDNEY, Ian→
director · ~54y · appointed 1994-03-16 · resigned 1995-06-23
Resigned
GOODCHILD, Amy→
director · ~55y · appointed 1995-06-23 · resigned 2003-06-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31