97 EBURY STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04499516 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-31
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£2
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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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 £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2£2
Cash£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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.

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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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2020-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2017-10-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-10-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2017-08-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-26
    ➖
    VIGORS, Patrick Mervyn Doyne resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-07-30
    ➖
    CAMERON, Ewen Gordon resigned
    director
  18. 2006-07-01
    ➖
    BLAND, Emma resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-01
    ➕
    POKLEWSKI KOZIELL, Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-01
    ➕
    VIGORS, Patrick Mervyn Doyne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-07-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 97 EBURY STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  22. 2002-07-31
    ➕
    BLAND, Emma appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-07-31
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-31
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-07-31
    ➕
    CAMERON, Ewen Gordon appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-31
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-07-31
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 20 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 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Poklewski-Koziell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alan El-Kadhi
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Kenton House
Oxford Street
Moreton-In-Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 0LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

POKLEWSKI KOZIELL, Alexander→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-06-01
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Active
BLAND, Emma→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2006-07-01
Resigned
VIGORS, Patrick Mervyn Doyne→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2017-05-26
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
CAMERON, Ewen Gordon→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2006-07-30
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-21