109 PRINCESS STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03481557 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£31
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (79/100)

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
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
99 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £31

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£31
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£6£12£19£25£31Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£31£31
Debtors£31£31
Net assets£31£31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-29
    ➕
    BLOCKLIVING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2022-04-29
    ➖
    REVOLUTION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2022-04-29
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  9. 2022-04-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2022-04-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-04-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-06
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  16. 2020-01-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2020-01-29
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2020-01-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-01-16
    ➖
    HORNBY, John William resigned
    director
  21. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    HEPPLESTONE, John Martin resigned
    director
  22. 2010-06-30
    ➕
    HORNBY, John William appointed
    director
  23. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    REVOLUTION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    HEPPLESTONE, John Martin resigned
    secretary
  25. 2006-08-18
    ➖
    WHITEHEAD, Thomas Alexander resigned
    director
  26. 2005-02-01
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, Thomas Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2004-11-08
    ➖
    HAVERLY, Scott Matthew resigned
    director
  28. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    SCHOFIELD, Paul John appointed
    director
  29. 2003-12-08
    ➕
    HAVERLY, Scott Matthew appointed
    director
  30. 2001-10-01
    ➖
    STRATTON, David resigned
    director
  31. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    GOULTY, Ian Oliphant resigned
    director
  32. 1999-03-05
    ➕
    STRATTON, David appointed
    director
  33. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    HEPPLESTONE, John Martin appointed
    secretary
  34. 1998-02-16
    ➖
    A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    GOULTY, Ian Oliphant appointed
    director
  36. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    HEPPLESTONE, John Martin appointed
    director
  37. 1998-02-16
    ➖
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1997-12-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 109 PRINCESS STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  39. 1997-12-16
    ➕
    A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1997-12-16
    ➕
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 23 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.)

Group structure

Blockliving Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Blockliving Limited
Corporate parent
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109 PRINCESS STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 03481557

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Blockliving Limited
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence29/04/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Revolution Property Management Limitedceased 29/04/2022· significant influence

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒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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🔒Advanced scoring suite

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
Incorporated1997-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Block Living, Bonded Warehouse,
18 Lower Byrom Street
Manchester
M3 4AP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-20
Last: 2026-06-06

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

BLOCKLIVING LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHOFIELD, Paul John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPPLESTONE, John Martin→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned
A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-16 · resigned 1998-02-16
Resigned
REVOLUTION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-13 · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned
GOULTY, Ian Oliphant→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
HAVERLY, Scott Matthew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-12-08 · resigned 2004-11-08
Resigned
HEPPLESTONE, John Martin→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
HORNBY, John William→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-06-30 · resigned 2013-01-16
Resigned
STRATTON, David→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-03-05 · resigned 2001-10-01
Resigned
WHITEHEAD, Thomas Alexander→
director · ~49y · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2006-08-18
Resigned
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-16 · resigned 1998-02-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-29