DWELL DEVELOPMENTS (THE BIRCHIN) LIMITED

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05163228 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-25
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£91
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: medium (78/100)

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 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
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 £91

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£91
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£18£36£55£73£91Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£91£91
Debtors£91£91
Net assets£91£91

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-05-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-05-09
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  8. 2023-05-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2023-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-05-05
    BLOCKLIVING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2023-05-05
    REVOLUTION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT resigned
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2023-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-02-06
    WALSH, Lee resigned
    director
  14. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-02-06
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  18. 2020-01-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2020-01-28
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  20. 2020-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2013-01-01
    ECKERSLEY, Russell Craig resigned
    secretary
  22. 2013-01-01
    REVOLUTION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2013-01-01
    COHEN, Sheldon Howard resigned
    director
  24. 2013-01-01
    JACOBSON, Harvey resigned
    director
  25. 2013-01-01
    WARDELL, Robert Clifford resigned
    director
  26. 2011-10-03
    MORRIS, Andrew William appointed
    director
  27. 2011-10-03
    COHEN, Gary Stirling resigned
    director
  28. 2011-10-03
    WALSH, Lee appointed
    director
  29. 2009-12-01
    COHEN, Gary Stirling resigned
    secretary
  30. 2009-12-01
    ECKERSLEY, Russell Craig appointed
    secretary
  31. 2004-07-21
    COHEN, Sheldon Howard appointed
    director
  32. 2004-07-21
    WARDELL, Robert Clifford appointed
    director
  33. 2004-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DWELL DEVELOPMENTS (THE BIRCHIN) LIMITED
  34. 2004-06-25
    COHEN, Gary Stirling appointed
    secretary
  35. 2004-06-25
    COHEN, Gary Stirling appointed
    director
  36. 2004-06-25
    JACOBSON, Harvey appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Blockliving Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Blockliving Limited
Corporate parent
DWELL DEVELOPMENTS (THE BIRCHIN) LIMITED
This company · 05163228

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Blockliving Limited
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence05/05/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Revolution Property Management Limitedceased 05/05/2023· significant influence

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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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
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Blockliving Limited Bonded Warehouse
Lower Byrom Street
Manchester
M3 4AP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

BLOCKLIVING LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Andrew William
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COHEN, Gary Stirling
secretary · appointed 2004-06-25 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned
ECKERSLEY, Russell Craig
secretary · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
REVOLUTION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2023-05-05
Resigned
COHEN, Gary Stirling
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-06-25 · resigned 2011-10-03
Resigned
COHEN, Sheldon Howard
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-07-21 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
JACOBSON, Harvey
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-06-25 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
WALSH, Lee
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-10-03 · resigned 2023-02-06
Resigned
WARDELL, Robert Clifford
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-07-21 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-09
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-05-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29