15 PALACE GATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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04209887 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-02
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
£100
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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (69/100)

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
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 4 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
82 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2024-11-05
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-12-31
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  5. 2022-01-31
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  6. 2021-03-29
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  7. 2019-09-05
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  8. 2018-12-05
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  9. 2017-12-06
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  10. 2016-09-22
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  11. 2016-05-31
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  12. 2016-01-04
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  13. 2015-06-25
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  14. 2015-06-25
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  15. 2015-05-26
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    ROPE, Amanda-Sue resigned
    director
  16. 2015-02-26
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  17. 2012-02-15
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    ROPE, Amanda-Sue appointed
    director
  18. 2012-01-24
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    TATHAM, Jennifer May resigned
    director
  19. 2010-04-13
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    LINDON, Charles Jeremy Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-04-13
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    TRAGER-LEWIS, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-19
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    TATHAM, Jennifer May appointed
    director
  22. 2006-07-07
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    BROOK, Simon Paul resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-07-07
    ➕
    TRAGER-LEWIS, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-11-22
    ➖
    HERITABLE TRUST KENSINGTON LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-11-22
    ➖
    JAFARZADEH, Ramin resigned
    director
  26. 2005-11-22
    ➖
    HERITABLE TRUST LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  27. 2005-11-14
    ➕
    BROOK, Simon Paul appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-11-10
    ➖
    SINGLETON, James Hew resigned
    secretary
  29. 2004-07-29
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    BURKE, Thomas Kennedy appointed
    director
  30. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    SINGLETON, James Hew appointed
    secretary
  31. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    JAFARZADEH, Ramin appointed
    director
  32. 2001-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 15 PALACE GATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  33. 2001-05-02
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    HERITABLE TRUST KENSINGTON LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2001-05-02
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2001-05-02
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2001-05-02
    ➕
    HERITABLE TRUST LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  37. 2001-05-02
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2001-05-02
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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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7 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
Incorporated2001-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

27 Palace Gate
London
W8 5LS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

LINDON, Charles Jeremy Paul→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURKE, Thomas Kennedy→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOK, Simon Paul→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-14 · resigned 2006-07-07
Resigned
SINGLETON, James Hew→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2005-11-10
Resigned
TRAGER-LEWIS, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-07 · resigned 2010-04-13
Resigned
HERITABLE TRUST KENSINGTON LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2005-11-22
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2001-05-02
Resigned
JAFARZADEH, Ramin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2005-11-22
Resigned
ROPE, Amanda-Sue→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-02-15 · resigned 2015-05-26
Resigned
TATHAM, Jennifer May→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2012-01-24
Resigned
HERITABLE TRUST LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2005-11-22
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2001-05-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
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2020-03-18
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accounts · AA
2019-09-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-12