ADMIRALS COURT (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04165607 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-22
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 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: medium (70/100)

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
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
91 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£56k£75k£94kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£94.0k
Current assets—£47.4k
Net assets—£94.0k
Average employees0—

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-09-21
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  4. 2022-12-13
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-21
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    WHITE, Lorna resigned
    director
  7. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-07
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    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2021-02-11
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  10. 2020-12-10
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-03
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-10-03
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    officers · CH04
  15. 2019-02-18
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-01-28
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-01-22
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    BROWN, Christopher John resigned
    director
  18. 2019-01-16
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    DOWDS, Susan Gillian resigned
    director
  19. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-02
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    EXETER, Pollen Alphonzo resigned
    director
  21. 2010-06-14
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    BAMFIELD, Sarah resigned
    director
  22. 2007-06-13
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    EXETER, Pollen Alphonzo appointed
    director
  23. 2007-06-13
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    KINE, Peter Charles resigned
    director
  24. 2007-06-13
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    KINE, Susan Ellen resigned
    director
  25. 2007-06-13
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    WHITE, Lorna appointed
    director
  26. 2004-05-19
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    WALLER, Clifford Brian appointed
    director
  27. 2004-05-19
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    KINE, Peter Charles appointed
    director
  28. 2003-05-06
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    MORTIMER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2003-05-06
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    BROWN, Christopher John resigned
    secretary
  30. 2003-05-06
    ➕
    BAMFIELD, Sarah appointed
    director
  31. 2003-05-06
    ➕
    DOWDS, Susan Gillian appointed
    director
  32. 2003-05-06
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    JORGENSEN, Arne resigned
    director
  33. 2003-05-06
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    KINE, Susan Ellen appointed
    director
  34. 2001-03-28
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    BROWN, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  35. 2001-03-28
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2001-03-28
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    BROWN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  37. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    JORGENSEN, Arne appointed
    director
  38. 2001-03-28
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 2001-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADMIRALS COURT (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  40. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 2001-02-22
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 22 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 candidate

Strong 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)
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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
Incorporated2001-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

2 Hills Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1JP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

MORTIMER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALLER, Clifford Brian→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Christopher John→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2003-05-06
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2001-03-28
Resigned
BAMFIELD, Sarah→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-05-06 · resigned 2010-06-14
Resigned
BROWN, Christopher John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2019-01-22
Resigned
DOWDS, Susan Gillian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-05-06 · resigned 2019-01-16
Resigned
EXETER, Pollen Alphonzo→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2018-01-02
Resigned
JORGENSEN, Arne→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2003-05-06
Resigned
KINE, Peter Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2007-06-13
Resigned
KINE, Susan Ellen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-06 · resigned 2007-06-13
Resigned
WHITE, Lorna→
director · ~42y · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2022-11-21
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2001-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-12-10