1/7 TRAPS HILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03263667 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1996-10-15

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

—

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 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

97 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	300	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-09
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-01
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HANDS, Annie resigned
director
2025-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-14
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-07
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HOSKINS, Samantha resigned
director
2018-12-07
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2018-12-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-10-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-10-20
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-07-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-16
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EPSOM, Maureen Elizabeth resigned
director
2006-08-14
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GELL, Samantha appointed
secretary
2006-08-14
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RONAN, Sheila Margaret resigned
secretary
2002-04-30
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HANDS, Annie appointed
director
2001-07-30
➖
HOWE, Brian Nicholas resigned
director
2001-04-24
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HOSKINS, Samantha appointed
director
2000-05-09
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EPSOM, Maureen Elizabeth appointed
director
2000-05-09
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HILTON, Juliet Elizabeth resigned
director
2000-05-09
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HOWE, Brian Nicholas appointed
director
1998-08-01
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RONAN, Sheila Margaret appointed
director
1998-02-01
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RONAN, Robin Gray resigned
secretary
1998-02-01
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RONAN, Sheila Margaret appointed
secretary
1998-02-01
➕
HILTON, Juliet Elizabeth appointed
director
1998-02-01
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RONAN, Sheila Margaret resigned
director
1996-10-15
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Company incorporated
As 1/7 TRAPS HILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
1996-10-15
➕
RONAN, Robin Gray appointed
secretary
1996-10-15
➕
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-15
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BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-15
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RONAN, Sheila Margaret appointed
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 28 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Samantha Jayne Gell Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	01/10/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1996-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

10 Pump Hill

Loughton

IG10 1RU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-12

Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

GELL, Samantha→

secretary · appointed 2006-08-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RONAN, Sheila Margaret→

director · ~84y · appointed 1998-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RONAN, Robin Gray→

secretary · appointed 1996-10-15 · resigned 1998-02-01

Resigned

RONAN, Sheila Margaret→

secretary · appointed 1998-02-01 · resigned 2006-08-14

Resigned

BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-15 · resigned 1996-10-15

Resigned

EPSOM, Maureen Elizabeth→

director · ~101y · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2017-10-16

Resigned

HANDS, Annie→

director · ~93y · appointed 2002-04-30 · resigned 2025-12-01

Resigned

HILTON, Juliet Elizabeth→

director · ~61y · appointed 1998-02-01 · resigned 2000-05-09

Resigned

HOSKINS, Samantha→

director · ~55y · appointed 2001-04-24 · resigned 2018-12-07

Resigned

HOWE, Brian Nicholas→

director · ~91y · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2001-07-30

Resigned

RONAN, Sheila Margaret→

director · ~84y · appointed 1996-10-15 · resigned 1998-02-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-30

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-12-23

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-11

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-27

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-06-17

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-06-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-22