24B ST JOHN STREET (1995) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04473528 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-29
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (2 active, 20 linked, 11 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Average employees100

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  3. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-28
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-06-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-11-01
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    NORTON, Richard appointed
    director
  13. 2018-11-01
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    HARRISON, Sally resigned
    director
  14. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2017-06-28
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  17. 2017-06-28
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  18. 2017-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-07-31
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    HARRISON, Sally appointed
    director
  20. 2013-07-31
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    HAYDEN, Anthony resigned
    director
  21. 2013-01-07
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    ANDERSON, David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-01-07
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    BERRY, Mary Ann resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-01-16
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    HAYDEN, Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2012-01-16
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    REDFERN, Michael Howard resigned
    director
  25. 2005-06-13
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    BERRY, Mary Ann appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-04-29
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    SHEEN, John resigned
    secretary
  27. 2004-12-09
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    MCKEE, Hugh resigned
    director
  28. 2004-06-21
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    RONAN, Christopher Joseph resigned
    secretary
  29. 2004-06-21
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    SHEEN, John appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-05-13
    ➕
    RONAN, Christopher Joseph appointed
    secretary
  31. 2004-01-14
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    FRY, Michael resigned
    secretary
  32. 2003-12-11
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    COPPEL, Yvonne Ruth resigned
    director
  33. 2003-11-03
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    HARRISON, Peter John resigned
    director
  34. 2003-11-03
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    MCNEILL, John Seddon resigned
    director
  35. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    REDFERN, Michael Howard appointed
    director
  36. 2003-05-25
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    CRABTREE, Simon Jeremy Gerhard resigned
    secretary
  37. 2003-05-25
    ➕
    FRY, Michael appointed
    secretary
  38. 2003-05-25
    ➖
    CRABTREE, Simon Jeremy Gerhard resigned
    director
  39. 2002-12-19
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    MCKEE, Hugh appointed
    director
  40. 2002-12-09
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    BRUCE, David resigned
    director
  41. 2002-10-29
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    COPPEL, Yvonne Ruth appointed
    director
  42. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    MCNEILL, John Seddon appointed
    director
  43. 2002-09-30
    ➖
    EYERS, Anthony Z resigned
    director
  44. 2002-09-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  45. 2002-08-14
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    CRABTREE, Simon Jeremy Gerhard appointed
    secretary
  46. 2002-08-14
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    DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  47. 2002-08-14
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    CRABTREE, Simon Jeremy Gerhard appointed
    director
  48. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    EYERS, Anthony Z appointed
    director
  49. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    HARRISON, Peter John appointed
    director
  50. 2002-08-14
    ➖
    DLA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
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Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

St Johns Buildings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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St Johns Buildings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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24B ST JOHN STREET (1995) LIMITED
This company · 04473528

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
St Johns Buildings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

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
Incorporated2002-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

24a -26 St John Street
Manchester
Lancashire
M3 4DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (2 active · 18 resigned)

ANDERSON, David→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTON, Richard→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERRY, Mary Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-13 · resigned 2013-01-07
Resigned
CRABTREE, Simon Jeremy Gerhard→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2003-05-25
Resigned
FRY, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-25 · resigned 2004-01-14
Resigned
RONAN, Christopher Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2004-06-21
Resigned
SHEEN, John→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2005-04-29
Resigned
DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-08-14
Resigned
BRUCE, David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-07-29 · resigned 2002-12-09
Resigned
COPPEL, Yvonne Ruth→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2003-12-11
Resigned
CRABTREE, Simon Jeremy Gerhard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2003-05-25
Resigned
EYERS, Anthony Z→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2002-09-30
Resigned
HARRISON, Peter John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2003-11-03
Resigned
HARRISON, Sally→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-07-31 · resigned 2018-11-01
Resigned
HAYDEN, Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-01-16 · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned
MCKEE, Hugh→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-19 · resigned 2004-12-09
Resigned
MCNEILL, John Seddon→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2003-11-03
Resigned
REDFERN, Michael Howard→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2012-01-16
Resigned
DLA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-08-14
Resigned
DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-08-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties30/09/2002—
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Recent filings (92 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-04