1 UPPER BRIDGE ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03009049 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-12
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
£5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). 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
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,958
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,992 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£8k£11k£14kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.2k£26.2k
Current assets£5.0k£13.9k
Net assets£5.0k£13.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-09-17
    ➖
    CASTRO, Nelson resigned
    director
  3. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-22
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2018-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-18
    ➕
    CASTRO, Nelson appointed
    director
  14. 2017-01-18
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2016-10-05
    ➖
    BUTLER, Edward Paul resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-10-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2016-09-27
    ➖
    BUTLER, Helen Mary resigned
    director
  20. 2010-01-01
    ➖
    LONG, Jamie Michael Collard resigned
    director
  21. 1997-08-01
    ➖
    WILLIS, Simon John resigned
    secretary
  22. 1997-08-01
    ➖
    WILLIS, Simon John resigned
    director
  23. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    BUTLER, Edward Paul appointed
    director
  24. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    BUTLER, Edward Paul appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    LONG, Jamie Michael Collard appointed
    director
  26. 1995-01-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1 UPPER BRIDGE ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  27. 1995-01-12
    ➕
    WILLIS, Simon John appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-01-12
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-01-12
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1995-01-12
    ➕
    BUTLER, Helen Mary appointed
    director
  31. 1995-01-12
    ➕
    WILLIS, Simon John appointed
    director
  32. 1995-01-12
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1995-01-12
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 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 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

1 Upper Bridge Road
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 6DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

BUTLER, Edward Paul→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Edward Paul→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2016-10-05
Resigned
WILLIS, Simon John→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 1995-01-12
Resigned
BUTLER, Helen Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 2016-09-27
Resigned
CASTRO, Nelson→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-01-18 · resigned 2025-09-17
Resigned
LONG, Jamie Michael Collard→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2010-01-01
Resigned
WILLIS, Simon John→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 1995-01-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30