5 BEDFORD TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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04516183 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-08-21
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
58 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
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
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £3,280

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£656£1k£2k£3k£3kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Net assets£3.3k£3.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2009-02-01
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    BRYCE, Elizabeth Jane resigned
    director
  17. 2007-07-06
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    HOCKING, Amanda Dawn resigned
    director
  18. 2006-04-01
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    HYDE, Suzanne resigned
    director
  19. 2002-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 5 BEDFORD TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2002-08-21
    ➕
    BRYCE, Justin Robert appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-08-21
    ➕
    BRYCE, Justin Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2002-08-21
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    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-08-21
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    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-08-21
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    BRYCE, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2002-08-21
    ➕
    HOCKING, Amanda Dawn appointed
    director
  26. 2002-08-21
    ➕
    HYDE, Suzanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • 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 Justin Robert Bryce
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence21/08/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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.

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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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2002-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

C/O Francis Clark Llp, Unit 18 23, Melville Building East
Royal William Yard
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 3GW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BRYCE, Justin Robert→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYCE, Justin Robert→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2002-08-21
Resigned
BRYCE, Elizabeth Jane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
HOCKING, Amanda Dawn→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2007-07-06
Resigned
HYDE, Suzanne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-08-21 · resigned 2006-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-17