14/16 CHURCH STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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05174501 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-07-08
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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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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
53 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-10-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2021-10-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-09-29
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    ACKERMAN, John resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-09-29
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    ACKERMAN, John resigned
    director
  11. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-07-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-07-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2004-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 14/16 CHURCH STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2004-07-08
    ➕
    CONSTABLE, Adrian Peter Stephen Leo appointed
    director
  21. 2004-07-08
    ➕
    ACKERMAN, John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-07-08
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-07-08
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-07-08
    ➕
    ACKERMAN, John 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 70 — 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 70 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Peter Stephen Leo
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Ackermanceased 29/09/2021· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2004-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

The Stables Forge Mews
14-16 Church Street
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
WD3 1DH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CONSTABLE, Adrian Peter Stephen Leo→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACKERMAN, John→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-08 · resigned 2021-09-29
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-08 · resigned 2004-07-08
Resigned
ACKERMAN, John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-07-08 · resigned 2021-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-09