9 SIDMOUTH STREET AND 54 SOUTH STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04268460 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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: medium (68/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-09
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    GROPPER, Antony James resigned
    director
  8. 2019-10-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-03-29
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    GROPPER, Antony James appointed
    director
  18. 2007-03-29
    ➖
    WHITE, Karl Edward resigned
    director
  19. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    WALLIS, Michael Philip appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-04-01
    ➖
    IOANNOU, Jannos resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-03-18
    ➖
    LURWAY, Vanessa resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-11-02
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    STEVENS, Maxine Julia resigned
    director
  23. 2001-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As 9 SIDMOUTH STREET AND 54 SOUTH STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    CAUSTON, Brian, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    IOANNOU, Jannos appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    LURWAY, Vanessa appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-08-10
    ➖
    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    STEVENS, Maxine Julia appointed
    director
  30. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    WHITE, Karl Edward appointed
    director
  31. 2001-08-10
    ➕
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2001-08-10
    ➖
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 25 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 25 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

5 Houndsden Road
Winchmore Hill
London
N21 1LU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

WALLIS, Michael Philip→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAUSTON, Brian, Dr→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IOANNOU, Jannos→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
LURWAY, Vanessa→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2002-03-18
Resigned
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2001-08-10
Resigned
GROPPER, Antony James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-03-29 · resigned 2019-10-09
Resigned
STEVENS, Maxine Julia→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2001-11-02
Resigned
WHITE, Karl Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2007-03-29
Resigned
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2001-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-18