16 BLOOMSBURY PLACE BRIGHTON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03288864 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-06

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£59

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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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 strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

16 officers (1 active, 16 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £59

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£59

Current Assets

£259

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.8k	—
Current assets	£259	—
Net assets	£59	—
Average employees	—	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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officers · TM01
2026-03-26
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PETTICAN, Kevin resigned
director
2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-06
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officers · AP01
2023-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
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PETTICAN, Kevin appointed
director
2023-09-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-28
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accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-01
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officers · AP01
2020-12-21
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WHITESIDE, Joshua Bartley appointed
director
2020-12-21
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EDWARDS, Stephen Robin resigned
director
2020-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-01
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HALL, Patrick Andrew Voss, Professor resigned
director
2014-11-05
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EDWARDS, Juliet Dorothy resigned
director
2014-08-15
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EDWARDS, Stephen Robin appointed
director
2012-02-12
➕
HALL, Patrick Andrew Voss, Professor appointed
director
2011-07-25
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EDWARDS, Juliet Dorothy appointed
director
2011-07-25
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WHITBURN, William Edgar resigned
director
2010-07-02
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WORTHING & DISTRICT (ESTATE MANAGEMENT) resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-04-30
➖
WINTER, John William resigned
secretary
2007-04-30
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WORTHING & DISTRICT (ESTATE MANAGEMENT) appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-04-03
➖
GRICE, Michael resigned
director
2005-06-28
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GRICE, Michael appointed
director
2005-06-28
➖
ROBINSON, Benjamin resigned
director
2005-06-28
➕
WHITBURN, William Edgar appointed
director
2000-05-08
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ROBINSON, Benjamin resigned
secretary
2000-05-08
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WINTER, John William appointed
secretary
1999-12-03
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STEPHENSON, Beryl Margaret resigned
director
1999-09-20
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RUTLEDGE, Julie resigned
director
1999-04-09
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LORD, Eileen Mary Pentith resigned
director
1997-09-29
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RUTLEDGE, Julie appointed
director
1996-12-06
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Company incorporated
As 16 BLOOMSBURY PLACE BRIGHTON LIMITED
1996-12-06
➕
ROBINSON, Benjamin appointed
secretary
1996-12-06
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-06
➖
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-06
➕
LORD, Eileen Mary Pentith appointed
director
1996-12-06
➕
ROBINSON, Benjamin appointed
director
1996-12-06
➕
STEPHENSON, Beryl Margaret appointed
director
1996-12-06
➕
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-12-06
➖
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-12-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

9 Donnington Park

85 Birdham Road

Chichester

West Sussex

PO20 7AJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (1 active · 15 resigned)

WHITESIDE, Joshua Bartley→

director · ~36y · appointed 2020-12-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROBINSON, Benjamin→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 2000-05-08

Resigned

WINTER, John William→

secretary · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2007-04-30

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 1996-12-06

Resigned

WORTHING & DISTRICT (ESTATE MANAGEMENT)→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2010-07-02

Resigned

EDWARDS, Juliet Dorothy→

director · ~71y · appointed 2011-07-25 · resigned 2014-11-05

Resigned

EDWARDS, Stephen Robin→

director · ~74y · appointed 2014-08-15 · resigned 2020-12-21

Resigned

GRICE, Michael→

director · ~92y · appointed 2005-06-28 · resigned 2007-04-03

Resigned

HALL, Patrick Andrew Voss, Professor→

director · ~86y · appointed 2012-02-12 · resigned 2018-07-01

Resigned

LORD, Eileen Mary Pentith→

director · ~95y · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 1999-04-09

Resigned

PETTICAN, Kevin→

director · ~55y · appointed 2023-11-01 · resigned 2026-03-26

Resigned

ROBINSON, Benjamin→

director · ~58y · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 2005-06-28

Resigned

RUTLEDGE, Julie→

director · ~61y · appointed 1997-09-29 · resigned 1999-09-20

Resigned

STEPHENSON, Beryl Margaret→

director · ~89y · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 1999-12-03

Resigned

WHITBURN, William Edgar→

director · ~94y · appointed 2005-06-28 · resigned 2011-07-25

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 1996-12-06

Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

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

officers · TM01

2026-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-12-17

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-05

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-11-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-11-03

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2023-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-11-10

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-09-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-06-27