OLIVER FAMILY ESTATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04508923 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-12
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees11

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-14
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  4. 2024-05-07
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-30
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    FAHERTY, Anne resigned
    secretary
  13. 2016-08-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-01-31
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    CARSWELL, Timothy resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-01-31
    ➕
    FAHERTY, Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-24
    ➕
    CARSWELL, Timothy appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-06-24
    ➖
    OLIVER, Robert Adrian resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-06-24
    ➖
    OLIVER, Caroline Louise resigned
    director
  22. 2002-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As OLIVER FAMILY ESTATES LIMITED
  23. 2002-08-12
    ➕
    OLIVER, Robert Adrian appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-12
    ➕
    OLIVER, Robert Adrian appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-08-12
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-08-12
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-08-12
    ➕
    OLIVER, Caroline Louise appointed
    director
  28. 2002-08-12
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-08-12
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "OLIVER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Adrian Oliver
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

2 Hamilton Terrace
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 4LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

OLIVER, Robert Adrian→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARSWELL, Timothy→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-24 · resigned 2008-01-31
Resigned
FAHERTY, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-31 · resigned 2016-08-30
Resigned
OLIVER, Robert Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2006-06-24
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2002-08-12
Resigned
OLIVER, Caroline Louise→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2006-06-24
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2002-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13