14 VICTORIA GROVE RTM COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05083160 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-03-24
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 Mar 2026
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 (68/100)

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 (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-28
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    SULEY, Barbara Mary resigned
    director
  10. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-12
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  15. 2016-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-11-28
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    SULEY, Barbara Mary appointed
    director
  18. 2007-09-05
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    FAGIOLO, Barbara resigned
    director
  19. 2005-05-19
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    LAFOSSE, Adam Charles resigned
    director
  20. 2004-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 14 VICTORIA GROVE RTM COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 2004-03-24
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    SULEY, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-03-24
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    SULEY, Christopher appointed
    director
  23. 2004-03-24
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-03-24
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-03-24
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    FAGIOLO, Barbara appointed
    director
  26. 2004-03-24
    ➕
    LAFOSSE, Adam Charles appointed
    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.)

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2004-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 Fratton Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 5BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SULEY, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SULEY, Christopher→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-24 · resigned 2004-03-24
Resigned
FAGIOLO, Barbara→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-03-24 · resigned 2007-09-05
Resigned
LAFOSSE, Adam Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-03-24 · resigned 2005-05-19
Resigned
SULEY, Barbara Mary→
director · ~93y · appointed 2007-11-28 · resigned 2020-10-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08