A SECRET GARDEN LANDSCAPE DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION LTD

💤Zombieactive
03809965 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-20
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£8.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
69 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,163
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£425
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 166% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£12k£15k£19kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£8.2k£6.9k
Current assets£17.3k£19.3k
Cash£425£959
Debtors£16.4k£17.6k
Net assets£8.2k£3.1k

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
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-06-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-06-08
    ➖
    QUAYLE, Edmund Thomas resigned
    director
  4. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-22
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2000-08-03
    ➖
    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 1999-07-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A SECRET GARDEN LANDSCAPE DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION LTD
  19. 1999-07-20
    ➕
    WHITEWAY, Graham Peter appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-07-20
    ➕
    WHITEWAY, Graham Peter appointed
    director
  21. 1999-07-20
    ➕
    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-07-20
    ➕
    QUAYLE, Edmund Thomas appointed
    director
  23. 1999-07-20
    ➕
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-07-20
    ➖
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 27 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Graham Peter Whiteway
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Edmund Thomas Quayleceased 30/05/2026· 25-50% shares

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

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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
Incorporated1999-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Unit 2 The Oaks
Stanney Mill Lane
Chester
CH2 4HY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WHITEWAY, Graham Peter→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITEWAY, Graham Peter→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 2000-08-03
Resigned
QUAYLE, Edmund Thomas→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 2026-06-08
Resigned
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 1999-07-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29