153 SUMATRA ROAD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03533990 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-24
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    GREYSTONE HOUSE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2008-08-07
    ➖
    TOTH, Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    HOLDING, James Peter resigned
    director
  19. 1998-07-27
    ➕
    TOTH, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 1998-07-26
    ➕
    HOLDING, James Peter appointed
    director
  21. 1998-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 153 SUMATRA ROAD LIMITED
  22. 1998-03-24
    ➕
    GOODHAND-TAIT, Alexandra appointed
    director
  23. 1998-03-24
    ➕
    GREYSTONE HOUSE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1998-03-24
    ➕
    TOTAL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-03-24
    ➖
    TOTAL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-03-24
    ➕
    TOTAL COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-03-24
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    TOTAL COMPANY FORMATIONS 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alexandra Goodhand-Tait
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Sara Naomi Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Lynwood House
373-375 Station Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 2AW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

GOODHAND-TAIT, Alexandra→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREYSTONE HOUSE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-03-24 · resigned 2015-03-24
Resigned
TOTAL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-24 · resigned 1998-03-24
Resigned
HOLDING, James Peter→
director · ~90y · appointed 1998-07-26 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
TOTH, Andrew→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-07-27 · resigned 2008-08-07
Resigned
TOTAL COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-24 · resigned 1998-03-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24