5XM LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03356667 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-15
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 8.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-12📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-10-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-13📄mortgage-create-with-deedmortgage · MR01
- 2018-01-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2017-10-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2015-06-10➖MH SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-04-29➕HALAMA, Mark Antoni appointeddirector
- 2009-04-29➖MH DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 1997-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs 5XM LIMITED
- 1997-04-15➕MH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-04-15➕MH DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 29 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mark Antoni Halama Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 16/04/2016 |
Mr Mark Antoni Halama Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 16/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2ME LIMITED→ 05806411 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| 3 ISLES ESTATES LTD→ 16501388 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 TO 3 ZERO ZERO LTD→ 12172465 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 360 ENTERPRISE LIMITED→ 05906965 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| 41 FRIENDLY LIMITED→ 14652756 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 5M HOUSING SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15278771 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 727 PROPERTY LTD→ 16873639 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 79 RD LIMITED→ 14607506 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 8 PORTFOLIO LIMITED→ 12147264 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 83 CHURCHFIELDS MANAGEMENT LTD→ 14521654 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 84ME LTD→ 15733261 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 87 PARK LANE HORNCHURCH RM11 1BH LTD→ 15757516 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
9 Corbets Tey Road
Upminster
Essex
RM14 2AP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
HALAMA, Mark Antoni→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2009-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1997-04-15 · resigned 2015-06-10
MH DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1997-04-15 · resigned 2009-04-29
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/01/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC / Paragon Mortgages (2010) Limited | A registered charge | — | 27/10/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (88 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24