38 REGENTS PARK ROAD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03580682 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-12
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-16.7k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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
13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
82 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £16,665
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£17k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£17k-£12k-£7k-£3k£2k£7kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-16.7k£-16.2k
Cash£6.9k£6.9k
Net assets£-16.7k£-16.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-08-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-15
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    BOYCE, Juliet resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-05-05
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-05-04
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    NOVICK, Steven Robert resigned
    director
  14. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2018-03-31
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  17. 2017-06-27
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  18. 2017-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2014-04-25
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    LECKIE, Joseph Duncan William resigned
    director
  20. 2012-02-08
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    BOYCE, Juliet appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-02-08
    ➖
    CROMPTON, Dennis resigned
    secretary
  22. 2012-02-08
    ➖
    CROMPTON, Dennis resigned
    director
  23. 2008-02-21
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    FLEGG, Susan resigned
    director
  24. 2008-02-21
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    NOVICK, Steven Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    FLEGG, Susan appointed
    director
  26. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    LECKIE, Joseph Duncan William appointed
    director
  27. 2006-06-06
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    LORENZ, Mitzi resigned
    director
  28. 2004-08-11
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    CROMPTON, Dennis appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-08-11
    ➖
    DONAT, John Annesley resigned
    secretary
  30. 2004-08-11
    ➖
    DONAT, John Annesley resigned
    director
  31. 2004-02-05
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Seamus appointed
    director
  32. 2004-02-05
    ➖
    KANAFANI, Talal Naji resigned
    director
  33. 2001-06-18
    ➖
    ITANI, Ahmed Nazir resigned
    director
  34. 2001-06-18
    ➕
    LORENZ, Mitzi appointed
    director
  35. 1998-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 38 REGENTS PARK ROAD LIMITED
  36. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    DONAT, John Annesley appointed
    secretary
  37. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1998-06-12
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1998-06-12
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    CROMPTON, Dennis appointed
    director
  40. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    DONAT, John Annesley appointed
    director
  41. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    ITANI, Ahmed Nazir appointed
    director
  42. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    KANAFANI, Talal Naji appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Seamus Christopher O'Brien
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Steven Robert Novickceased 04/05/2020· 25-50% shares

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

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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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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
Incorporated1998-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Suite 1, The Old Fuel Depot Twemlow Lane, Twemlow
Holmes Chapel
Crewe
CW4 8GJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

O'BRIEN, Seamus→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYCE, Juliet→
secretary · appointed 2012-02-08 · resigned 2023-06-15
Resigned
CROMPTON, Dennis→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-11 · resigned 2012-02-08
Resigned
DONAT, John Annesley→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 2004-08-11
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1998-06-12
Resigned
CROMPTON, Dennis→
director · ~91y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 2012-02-08
Resigned
DONAT, John Annesley→
director · ~93y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 2004-08-11
Resigned
FLEGG, Susan→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2008-02-21
Resigned
ITANI, Ahmed Nazir→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 2001-06-18
Resigned
KANAFANI, Talal Naji→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 2004-02-05
Resigned
LECKIE, Joseph Duncan William→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2014-04-25
Resigned
LORENZ, Mitzi→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-06-18 · resigned 2006-06-06
Resigned
NOVICK, Steven Robert→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2020-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25