4 NEVERN SQUARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03003519 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-20
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£6
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (76/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 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 £6
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£6
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£426£852£1k£2k£2kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-292024-09-29
Total assets£6£6
Current assets—£1.9k
Cash£2.1k£1.9k
Net assets£6£6

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-19
    📄
    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  9. 2023-05-30
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  10. 2023-03-07
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2022-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-02-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-01
    ➖
    LONG, Anna Catherine resigned
    director
  15. 2020-06-24
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2020-06-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-03-17
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-12-01
    ➕
    LONG, Anna Catherine appointed
    director
  20. 2015-02-21
    ➖
    LONG, Timothy resigned
    secretary
  21. 1994-12-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4 NEVERN SQUARE LIMITED
  22. 1994-12-20
    ➕
    YORKE, Roger Howard appointed
    director
  23. 1994-12-20
    ➕
    LONG, Timothy appointed
    secretary
  24. 1994-12-20
    ➕
    LOCATION MATTERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1994-12-20
    ➖
    LOCATION MATTERS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1994-12-20
    ➕
    PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1994-12-20
    ➖
    PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
    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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
Roger Howard Yorke
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Cwm Helyg
Rhydyfelin
Aberystwyth
SY23 4QE
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

YORKE, Roger Howard→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONG, Timothy→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-20 · resigned 2015-02-21
Resigned
LOCATION MATTERS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-12-20 · resigned 1994-12-20
Resigned
LONG, Anna Catherine→
director · ~43y · appointed 2016-12-01 · resigned 2021-01-01
Resigned
PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-12-20 · resigned 1994-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2023-09-19
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2023-05-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-28