2/4 OVINGTON SQUARE LIMITED

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03133465 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£84.4k
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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (78/100)

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
22 officers (1 active, 22 linked, 14 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
6 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
123 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £84,362
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£84k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£92k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£37k£55k£74k£92kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£84.4k£69.4k
Current assets£92.2k£74.6k
Cash£10.6k£12.2k
Debtors£81.6k£62.5k
Net assets£84.4k£69.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2024-01-17
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  4. 2022-12-28
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  5. 2022-03-23
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2020-04-02
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  8. 2020-04-02
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  9. 2020-03-27
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    OLDHAM, Margarette resigned
    director
  10. 2019-12-23
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  11. 2019-12-10
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  12. 2019-01-30
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  13. 2017-12-21
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  14. 2017-12-01
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  15. 2017-12-01
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  16. 2016-12-20
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  17. 2016-08-12
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    OLDHAM, Margarette appointed
    director
  18. 2012-12-10
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    SHUKER, Edwin resigned
    director
  19. 2009-09-01
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    OLDHAM, Margarette resigned
    director
  20. 2009-08-06
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    GHODOUSSI, Fardad appointed
    director
  21. 2009-08-06
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    SHUKER, Edwin appointed
    director
  22. 2009-02-04
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    HAMSHERE, Rina resigned
    secretary
  23. 2008-11-03
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    ZILKHA, Doran resigned
    director
  24. 2007-04-30
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    GHOUSSI, Fardin resigned
    secretary
  25. 2007-04-30
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    HAMSHERE, Rina appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-04-30
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    GHODOUSSI, Fardin resigned
    director
  27. 2007-04-30
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    MORTAZAVI, Azar resigned
    director
  28. 2007-04-30
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    OLDHAM, Margarette appointed
    director
  29. 2007-04-30
    ➕
    ZILKHA, Doran appointed
    director
  30. 2005-02-09
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    GHOUSSI, Fardin appointed
    secretary
  31. 2005-02-09
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    ZILKHA, Valeria resigned
    secretary
  32. 2005-02-09
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    GHODOUSSI, Fardin appointed
    director
  33. 2005-02-09
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    MORTAZAVI, Azar appointed
    director
  34. 2005-02-09
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    ZILKHA, Valeria resigned
    director
  35. 2004-01-28
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    OLDHAM, Margarette resigned
    director
  36. 2003-06-23
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    MORTAZAVI, Azar resigned
    director
  37. 2003-05-03
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    BEST, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  38. 2003-05-03
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    ZILKHA, Valeria appointed
    secretary
  39. 2003-05-03
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    BEST, Gillian resigned
    director
  40. 2001-12-13
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    BEST, Gillian appointed
    director
  41. 2001-12-13
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    MORTAZAVI, Azar appointed
    director
  42. 2001-11-21
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    BEST, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  43. 2001-11-21
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    ZILKHA, Valeria resigned
    secretary
  44. 2001-09-01
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    SANDLER, Leonard resigned
    director
  45. 2000-10-10
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    BEST, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  46. 2000-10-10
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    ZILKHA, Valeria appointed
    secretary
  47. 2000-10-10
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    BEST, Gillian resigned
    director
  48. 2000-09-10
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    SANDLER, Leonard appointed
    director
  49. 2000-09-06
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    ZILKHA, Valeria appointed
    director
  50. 2000-02-03
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    OLDHAM, Margarette appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

93/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Septon Co Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Septon Co Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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2/4 OVINGTON SQUARE LIMITED
This company · 03133465

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Septon Co Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/08/2019
Mr Alexander Karl Pasche
Individual · German · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/11/2017
Mr David Garner
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Azar Mortazavi
Individual · British,Iranian · DOB 11/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Garner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Fardin Ghodoussi
Individual · British · DOB 04/1940 · age 86
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Abdullah Al-Sharrafceased 16/11/2017· significant influence
  • Mrs Margarette Oldhamceased 27/03/2020· significant influence

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
Incorporated1995-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Wellington House 273-275 High Street
London Colney
Hertfordshire
AL2 1HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (1 active · 21 resigned)

GHODOUSSI, Fardad→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEST, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2003-05-03
Resigned
BEST, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-11 · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned
GHOUSSI, Fardin→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2007-04-30
Resigned
HAMSHERE, Rina→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2009-02-04
Resigned
ZILKHA, Valeria→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-03 · resigned 2005-02-09
Resigned
ZILKHA, Valeria→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-10 · resigned 2001-11-21
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1996-06-11
Resigned
BEST, Gillian→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2003-05-03
Resigned
BEST, Gillian→
director · ~86y · appointed 1996-06-12 · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned
GHODOUSSI, Fardin→
director · ~86y · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2007-04-30
Resigned
MORTAZAVI, Azar→
director · ~84y · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2007-04-30
Resigned
MORTAZAVI, Azar→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2003-06-23
Resigned
OLDHAM, Margarette→
director · ~83y · appointed 2016-08-12 · resigned 2020-03-27
Resigned
OLDHAM, Margarette→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2009-09-01
Resigned
OLDHAM, Margarette→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-02-03 · resigned 2004-01-28
Resigned
RIZZUTO, Domenico→
director · ~72y · appointed 1996-06-11 · resigned 1999-09-30
Resigned
SANDLER, Leonard→
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-09-10 · resigned 2001-09-01
Resigned
SHUKER, Edwin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-08-06 · resigned 2012-12-10
Resigned
ZILKHA, Doran→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2008-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (123 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23