ALAN PARKER ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03475896 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-03
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-25
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  2. 2025-09-08
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-09-08
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  5. 2022-09-07
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  6. 2021-09-20
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  7. 2020-09-15
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  8. 2019-09-24
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  9. 2018-12-16
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  10. 2018-09-25
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  11. 2017-09-19
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  12. 2016-09-21
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  13. 2015-12-30
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  14. 2015-09-21
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  15. 2014-12-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-03-18
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    PARKER, Alan resigned
    director
  17. 2007-10-01
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    KEEN, Karen Jayne appointed
    director
  18. 2004-07-26
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    PARKER, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-07-09
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    PARKER, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-08-12
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    COTTERILL, Andrew Neil resigned
    director
  21. 1999-03-31
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    KEEN, Karen Jayne resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-03-31
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    PARKER, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-02-17
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    COTTERILL, Andrew Neil appointed
    director
  24. 1997-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN PARKER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  25. 1997-12-03
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    KEEN, Karen Jayne appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-12-03
    ➕
    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1997-12-03
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    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1997-12-03
    ➕
    PARKER, Alan appointed
    director
  29. 1997-12-03
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  30. 1997-12-03
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 19 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Karen Jayne Keen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stephen David Parker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Emma Louise Miller
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

139 Lichfield Road
Stone
Staffordshire
ST15 8QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

PARKER, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEEN, Karen Jayne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-10-01
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Active
KEEN, Karen Jayne→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-03 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned
PARKER, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2004-07-09
Resigned
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-12-03 · resigned 1997-12-03
Resigned
COTTERILL, Andrew Neil→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-02-17 · resigned 1999-08-12
Resigned
PARKER, Alan→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-12-03 · resigned 2008-03-18
Resigned
MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1997-12-03 · resigned 1997-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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2025-09-08
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2024-12-17
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2024-04-30
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2023-12-21
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2023-09-08
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2023-01-03
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2022-09-07
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2022-01-14
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2021-09-20
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2021-01-07
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2020-09-15
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2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-09-24