50+ FINANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04464232 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-19

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 Jun 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 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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2025-02-19
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2024-02-21
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2023-02-21
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2022-03-28
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2021-03-09
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2020-02-24
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2020-01-30
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2019-11-25
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2019-11-25
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address · AD01
2019-02-20
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2018-04-04
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2018-04-04
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2018-04-04
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2011-07-29
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C A OWEN LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-12-09
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BUTLER, John Michael resigned
secretary
2005-12-09
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C A OWEN LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-12-09
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MILNE, Raymond John Hildreth resigned
director
2003-08-01
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ABERCROMBY, Keith William resigned
director
2003-08-01
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MILNE, Raymond John Hildreth appointed
director
2003-02-20
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BUTLER, John Michael appointed
secretary
2003-02-20
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MOORHOUSE, Robert Keith resigned
secretary
2002-08-05
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BAYLISS, Stuart Philip appointed
director
2002-08-05
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MOORHOUSE, Robert Keith appointed
secretary
2002-08-05
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HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-05
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ABERCROMBY, Keith William appointed
director
2002-08-05
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HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2002-06-19
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Company incorporated
As 50+ FINANCE LIMITED
2002-06-19
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HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2002-06-19
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HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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 71 — 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 71 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stuart Philip Bayliss Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	19/06/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Spring Farm 4 Spring Close

Great Horwood

Milton Keynes

MK17 0QU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20

Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

BAYLISS, Stuart Philip→

director · ~71y · appointed 2002-08-05

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Active

BUTLER, John Michael→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2005-12-09

Resigned

MOORHOUSE, Robert Keith→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-05 · resigned 2003-02-20

Resigned

C A OWEN LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-09 · resigned 2011-07-29

Resigned

HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-08-05

Resigned

ABERCROMBY, Keith William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-08-05 · resigned 2003-08-01

Resigned

MILNE, Raymond John Hildreth→

director · ~67y · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2005-12-09

Resigned

HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-08-05

Resigned

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