33 GROVE TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04995652 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-15

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 2024

Net worth

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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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 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 · IFRS

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-05-06
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2023-09-19
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2022-09-28
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2021-09-29
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2020-09-22
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2019-09-05
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2018-10-06
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2017-09-13
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2016-09-27
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2016-01-12
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2015-10-12
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2015-01-29
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2003-12-15
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Company incorporated
As 33 GROVE TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2003-12-15
➕
JENKINS, Ann appointed
secretary
2003-12-15
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HOOKINS, Stuart Anthony appointed
director
2003-12-15
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FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-15
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FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-15
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FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-12-15
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FORMATION NOMINEES 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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stuart Anthony Hookins Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/12/2016

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

Incorporated2003-12-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

First Floor Flat

33b Grove Terrace

Penarth

Vale Of Glamorgan

CF64 2NG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-28

Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JENKINS, Ann→

secretary · appointed 2003-12-15

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Active

HOOKINS, Stuart Anthony→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-12-15

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Active

FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-15 · resigned 2003-12-15

Resigned

FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-15 · resigned 2003-12-15

Resigned

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