14 PEMBRIDGE VILLAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03549233 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-20
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
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-06-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2019-07-09
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2013-06-04
    ➖
    HUTSON, Robin Charles resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    HUTSON, Robin Charles appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-21
    ➖
    GOLDWATER, Adam resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-09-14
    ➕
    GARRIGUES, Gonzalo appointed
    director
  21. 2000-09-14
    ➖
    AUDLAND, William Grant resigned
    director
  22. 2000-06-29
    ➖
    RAKESTRAW, Elizabeth Jane resigned
    director
  23. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    GOLDWATER, Adam appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-06-01
    ➖
    GOWER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    AUDLAND, William Grant appointed
    director
  26. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    RAKESTRAW, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    director
  27. 1998-06-01
    ➖
    GOWER NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 1998-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 14 PEMBRIDGE VILLAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  29. 1998-04-20
    ➕
    GOWER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1998-04-20
    ➕
    GOWER NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

843 Finchley Road
London
NW11 8NA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

GARRIGUES, Gonzalo→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOLDWATER, Adam→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2005-04-21
Resigned
HUTSON, Robin Charles→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2013-06-04
Resigned
GOWER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1998-06-01
Resigned
AUDLAND, William Grant→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2000-09-14
Resigned
RAKESTRAW, Elizabeth Jane→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2000-06-29
Resigned
GOWER NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1998-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-01