CHURCHDALE HOMES LTD

💤Zombieactive

04041407 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-26

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 68). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-09-08
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accounts · AA
2024-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-01-16
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address · AD01
2018-11-30
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HAWLEY, Steven resigned
director
2018-11-30
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officers · TM01
2018-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-07-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-07-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-07-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-05-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-04-25
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JOHNSON, David appointed
director
2000-07-26
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Company incorporated
As CHURCHDALE HOMES LTD
2000-07-26
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JOHNSON, David appointed
secretary
2000-07-26
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-26
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-26
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HAWLEY, Steven appointed
director
2000-07-26
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-07-26
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Johnson Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Steven Hawleyceased 01/06/2019· significant influence

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

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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

Incorporated2000-07-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

137 Netherton Lane Netherton Lane

Netherton

Wakefield

WF4 4HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JOHNSON, David→

secretary · appointed 2000-07-26

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Active

JOHNSON, David→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-04-25

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-26 · resigned 2000-07-26

Resigned

HAWLEY, Steven→

director · ~63y · appointed 2000-07-26 · resigned 2018-11-30

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-26 · resigned 2000-07-26

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/05/2014	20/07/2018
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	07/05/2014	20/07/2018