46 SOMERSET ROAD (FREEHOLD) COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03464788 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-12
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£17.2k
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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 8 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 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 £17,239

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£17k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£25k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£17.2k£17.2k
Current assets£24.6k£24.6k
Debtors£24.6k£24.6k
Net assets£17.2k£17.2k

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

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Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-02-19
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    BOTTIANI, Claudio Luigi resigned
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  4. 2024-09-25
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  5. 2023-11-06
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  7. 2022-08-23
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  8. 2021-09-14
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  9. 2020-08-25
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  10. 2019-08-19
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  11. 2018-08-22
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  14. 2015-11-25
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  17. 2015-08-24
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    BOTTIANI, Claudio Luigi appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-15
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    STIMPSON, Robert Charles resigned
    director
  19. 2009-04-30
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    GODED, Jorge resigned
    director
  20. 2005-09-12
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    SMITH, Evelyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-09-12
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    SMITH, Evelyn appointed
    director
  22. 2005-09-12
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    LAWRENCE, Fintan Paul resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-05-26
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    STIMPSON, Robert Charles appointed
    director
  24. 2002-05-24
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    RIDLEY, Tina June resigned
    secretary
  25. 2001-12-05
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    LAWRENCE, Fintan Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-12-06
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    DUFFY, John Edward resigned
    director
  27. 1999-11-29
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    GODED, Jorge appointed
    director
  28. 1999-09-21
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    DERRICK, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  29. 1999-09-21
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    RIDLEY, Tina June appointed
    secretary
  30. 1999-09-21
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    DERRICK, Stephen resigned
    director
  31. 1998-09-03
    ➕
    DERRICK, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  32. 1998-09-03
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    RIDLEY, Tina June resigned
    secretary
  33. 1998-09-03
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    DERRICK, Stephen appointed
    director
  34. 1998-09-03
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    DUFFY, John Edward appointed
    director
  35. 1998-09-03
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    RIDLEY, Tina June resigned
    director
  36. 1998-09-03
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    STIMPSOM, Robert Charles resigned
    director
  37. 1997-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 46 SOMERSET ROAD (FREEHOLD) COMPANY LIMITED
  38. 1997-11-12
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    RIDLEY, Tina June appointed
    secretary
  39. 1997-11-12
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1997-11-12
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  41. 1997-11-12
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    RIDLEY, Tina June appointed
    director
  42. 1997-11-12
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    STIMPSOM, Robert Charles appointed
    director
  43. 1997-11-12
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 1997-11-12
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Evelyn Smith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/11/2016

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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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
Incorporated1997-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

161 Ley Street
Ilford
Essex
IG1 4BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

SMITH, Evelyn→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Evelyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DERRICK, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-03 · resigned 1999-09-21
Resigned
LAWRENCE, Fintan Paul→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2005-09-12
Resigned
RIDLEY, Tina June→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-21 · resigned 2002-05-24
Resigned
RIDLEY, Tina June→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-12 · resigned 1998-09-03
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-12 · resigned 1997-11-12
Resigned
BOTTIANI, Claudio Luigi→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-08-24 · resigned 2025-02-19
Resigned
DERRICK, Stephen→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-09-03 · resigned 1999-09-21
Resigned
DUFFY, John Edward→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-09-03 · resigned 1999-12-06
Resigned
GODED, Jorge→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-11-29 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
RIDLEY, Tina June→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-11-12 · resigned 1998-09-03
Resigned
STIMPSOM, Robert Charles→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-11-12 · resigned 1998-09-03
Resigned
STIMPSON, Robert Charles→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-05-26 · resigned 2015-07-15
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-12 · resigned 1997-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

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2025-02-19
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2024-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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2023-11-06
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2023-10-11
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2023-09-29
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2022-11-21
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2022-08-23
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2021-11-17
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2021-09-14
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2020-12-04
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2020-08-25
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