20 NIGHTINGALE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LTD

💤Zombieactive

02938911 · ltd · incorporated 1994-06-14

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

76 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	2025-06-30	2024-06-23

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-10-14
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2024-07-31
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2023-07-30
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2023-04-17
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2021-07-22
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2020-12-22
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2020-01-02
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2019-03-05
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2017-07-11
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accounts · AA
2017-02-14
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JOWETT, Victoria appointed
secretary
2017-02-14
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SNOOK, Alison Lindsey resigned
secretary
2017-02-14
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officers · AP03
2017-02-14
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officers · TM02
2016-07-08
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accounts · AA
2016-07-08
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2016-07-08
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officers · AP03
2016-07-08
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officers · TM02
2016-06-14
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ROBSON, Bertha resigned
secretary
2016-06-14
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SNOOK, Alison Lindsey appointed
secretary
2015-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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1994-06-14
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Company incorporated
As 20 NIGHTINGALE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LTD
1994-06-14
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DODD, Adrian Lennox appointed
director
1994-06-14
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ROBSON, Bertha appointed
secretary
1994-06-14
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-06-14
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-06-14
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-06-14
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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1994-06-14
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-06-14
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adrian Lennox Dodd Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/06/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-06-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

20 Nightingale Road

Southsea

Hampshire

PO5 3JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

JOWETT, Victoria→

secretary · appointed 2017-02-14

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Active

DODD, Adrian Lennox→

director · ~69y · appointed 1994-06-14

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Active

ROBSON, Bertha→

secretary · appointed 1994-06-14 · resigned 2016-06-14

Resigned

SNOOK, Alison Lindsey→

secretary · appointed 2016-06-14 · resigned 2017-02-14

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-06-14 · resigned 1994-06-14

Resigned

COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-06-14 · resigned 1994-06-14

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-06-14 · resigned 1994-06-14

Resigned

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