113 THE ESPLANADE (WEYMOUTH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03747090 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-07
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£4.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). 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
16 officers (2 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
100 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
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,811
Net assets shrinking
Down £706 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£6kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£5.2k£5.5k
Current assets£4.6k£6.4k
Cash—£4.5k
Debtors—£1.9k
Net assets£4.8k£5.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-01
    ➕
    MORTIMER, Susan appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-05
    ➖
    LEHANE, Kevin John resigned
    director
  5. 2026-02-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-06
    ➕
    COASTAL LETTINGS & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2024-06-06
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  9. 2024-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-02-27
    ➖
    FRANKHAM, Helene resigned
    director
  13. 2022-10-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-01-22
    ➕
    LEHANE, Kevin John appointed
    director
  17. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2018-10-02
    ➖
    HESTER, Marcus Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2018-10-02
    ➖
    TOMS, Christopher James resigned
    director
  23. 2018-10-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2018-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2018-09-05
    ➕
    FRANKHAM, Helene appointed
    director
  26. 2017-07-19
    ➕
    HESTER, Marcus Charles appointed
    director
  27. 2016-07-07
    ➖
    ZIMMERMAN, Clare resigned
    secretary
  28. 2016-06-13
    ➖
    HAMLYN, Peter John, Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy resigned
    director
  29. 2015-08-18
    ➕
    HAMLYN, Peter John, Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy appointed
    director
  30. 2015-08-18
    ➕
    TOMS, Christopher James appointed
    director
  31. 2015-07-14
    ➖
    SMITH, Lionel Robert resigned
    director
  32. 2007-10-30
    ➖
    TOMS, Christopher James resigned
    director
  33. 2005-04-17
    ➕
    SMITH, Lionel Robert appointed
    director
  34. 2005-02-23
    ➖
    DOWNEY, Angela resigned
    secretary
  35. 2005-02-23
    ➕
    ZIMMERMAN, Clare appointed
    secretary
  36. 2002-02-15
    ➖
    CHADWICK, James Richard resigned
    director
  37. 2002-02-13
    ➕
    DOWNEY, Angela appointed
    secretary
  38. 2002-02-13
    ➕
    TOMS, Christopher James appointed
    director
  39. 2001-12-17
    ➖
    MARWOOD, Helen resigned
    secretary
  40. 2001-12-17
    ➖
    MARWOOD, Helen resigned
    director
  41. 1999-06-03
    ➕
    MARWOOD, Helen appointed
    secretary
  42. 1999-06-03
    ➖
    PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1999-06-03
    ➕
    CHADWICK, James Richard appointed
    director
  44. 1999-06-03
    ➕
    MARWOOD, Helen appointed
    director
  45. 1999-06-03
    ➖
    PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  46. 1999-04-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 113 THE ESPLANADE (WEYMOUTH) LIMITED
  47. 1999-04-07
    ➕
    PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  48. 1999-04-07
    ➕
    PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Christopher James Toms
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/07/2018

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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8 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
Incorporated1999-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

11a Chickerell Road
Weymouth
DT4 8HX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 14 resigned)

COASTAL LETTINGS & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORTIMER, Susan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2026-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOWNEY, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-13 · resigned 2005-02-23
Resigned
MARWOOD, Helen→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-03 · resigned 2001-12-17
Resigned
ZIMMERMAN, Clare→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2016-07-07
Resigned
PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 1999-06-03
Resigned
CHADWICK, James Richard→
director · ~85y · appointed 1999-06-03 · resigned 2002-02-15
Resigned
FRANKHAM, Helene→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-09-05 · resigned 2023-02-27
Resigned
HAMLYN, Peter John, Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy→
director · ~90y · appointed 2015-08-18 · resigned 2016-06-13
Resigned
HESTER, Marcus Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-07-19 · resigned 2018-10-02
Resigned
LEHANE, Kevin John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-01-22 · resigned 2026-02-05
Resigned
MARWOOD, Helen→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-06-03 · resigned 2001-12-17
Resigned
SMITH, Lionel Robert→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-04-17 · resigned 2015-07-14
Resigned
TOMS, Christopher James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-08-18 · resigned 2018-10-02
Resigned
TOMS, Christopher James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-02-13 · resigned 2007-10-30
Resigned
PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 1999-06-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21