26 COMBEDALE LTD.

💤Zombieactive
03886855 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-01
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£2.0k
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
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,000

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£400£800£1k£2k£2kDec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.0k£2.0k£2.0k
Net assets£2.0k£2.0k£2.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-02-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-02-03
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2025-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-05-14
    ➖
    KENT, John Martin resigned
    director
  15. 2017-11-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2017-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    JILL, Ryder appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-06-30
    ➖
    BROADLEY, Andrew John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-06-30
    ➖
    BROADLEY, Andrew John resigned
    director
  20. 1999-12-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 26 COMBEDALE LTD.
  21. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    KENT, Philippa appointed
    director
  22. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    BROADLEY, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    BROADLEY, Andrew John appointed
    director
  24. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    KENT, John Martin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 78 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Jill Nassar
Individual · British,Australian · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017
Mrs Philippa Kent
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

5c St. Johns Park
London
SE3 7TD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JILL, Ryder→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENT, Philippa→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROADLEY, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2000-06-30
Resigned
BROADLEY, Andrew John→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2000-06-30
Resigned
KENT, John Martin→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2018-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-03
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08