20 CHARLES STREET LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04429990 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-02
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
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£43.0k
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (78/100)

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
77 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 £43,025
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£43k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£87k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£43.0k£34.6k
Current assets£87.1k£54.4k
Cash£17.1k£12.4k
Debtors£70.0k£41.9k
Net assets£43.0k£34.6k

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
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2026-01-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-09
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2023-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-02-14
    ➕
    RUTLAND REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2011-02-14
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2006-12-21
    ➖
    MORGAN, John Christopher resigned
    director
  19. 2006-05-02
    ➖
    GALLOWAY, Judith Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2005-04-18
    ➖
    GAL, Joseph resigned
    director
  21. 2004-07-26
    ➖
    VAN DER STOEP, David Floris resigned
    director
  22. 2004-06-30
    ➖
    KEITH, Robert Napier resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-06-30
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    KEITH, Robert Napier appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-05-01
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-10-16
    ➕
    KEITH, Robert Napier appointed
    director
  27. 2002-10-16
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Judith Ann appointed
    director
  28. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    VAN DER STOEP, David Floris appointed
    director
  29. 2002-09-12
    ➖
    TEMPLE DIRECT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    GAL, Joseph appointed
    director
  31. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    MORGAN, John Christopher appointed
    director
  32. 2002-05-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 20 CHARLES STREET LIMITED
  33. 2002-05-02
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2002-05-02
    ➕
    TEMPLE DIRECT 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Napier Keith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2017

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

1 Nelson Mews
Southend On Sea
Essex
SS1 1AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

RUTLAND REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEITH, Robert Napier→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEITH, Robert Napier→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2011-02-14
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
GAL, Joseph→
director · ~92y · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2005-04-18
Resigned
GALLOWAY, Judith Ann→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-10-16 · resigned 2006-05-02
Resigned
MORGAN, John Christopher→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2006-12-21
Resigned
VAN DER STOEP, David Floris→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2004-07-26
Resigned
TEMPLE DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2002-09-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27