20 CAITHNESS ROAD LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03860433 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-18
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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: low (47/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2003-04-14➕WHITE, Helen Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2003-04-14➖WEBER, Emily resignedsecretary
- 2000-11-13➕CASTLE, Allan Campbell Diarmid appointeddirector
- 2000-11-13➖BURTON, Peter Kevin resignedsecretary
- 2000-11-13➕WEBER, Emily appointedsecretary
- 2000-11-13➖PETROU, John Stratis resigneddirector
- 1999-10-18🏢Company incorporatedAs 20 CAITHNESS ROAD LIMITED
- 1999-10-18➕BURTON, Peter Kevin appointedsecretary
- 1999-10-18➕PETROU, John Stratis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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 26 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Property · W postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1ND LTD→ 17102057 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1STAYS (BRAVO) LIMITED→ 16640599 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 LONSDALE ROAD RESIDENTS' MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 04452054 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| 20 TWENTY PROPERTIES LTD→ 15844725 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 2012 PROPERTIES LTD→ 16842847 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202 WESTBOURNE GROVE LIMITED→ 16959979 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021HOPE LIMITED→ 13105992 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 207 UXBRIDGE ROAD LIMITED→ 16089659 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 20A GROVE ROAD LIMITED→ 16986089 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20F ACTON LANE LTD→ 15617558 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 20VC PROPERTY LIMITED→ 14169715 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 21 ARV MANCO LIMITED→ 10455546 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
20 Caithness Road
London
W14 0JA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
WHITE, Helen Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CASTLE, Allan Campbell Diarmid→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2000-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURTON, Peter Kevin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-10-18 · resigned 2000-11-13
WEBER, Emily→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-11-13 · resigned 2003-04-14
PETROU, John Stratis→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 1999-10-18 · resigned 2000-11-13
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-01