14 ABBEY TERRACE WEST CLIFF LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05247660 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-01
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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: active trading company 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 (76/100)

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    COTTINGHAM, Peter appointed
    director
  16. 2014-08-01
    ➖
    NAREY, Daniel John resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-08-01
    ➖
    LAWRENCE, Nicholas Mark resigned
    director
  18. 2010-02-28
    ➖
    ISHERWOOD, Rosemary Penelope resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-02-28
    ➕
    NAREY, Daniel John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-02-28
    ➖
    ISHERWOOD, Donald Jeffery resigned
    director
  21. 2010-02-28
    ➖
    ISHERWOOD, Rosemary Penelope resigned
    director
  22. 2010-02-28
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Nicholas Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2004-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 14 ABBEY TERRACE WEST CLIFF LIMITED
  24. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    ISHERWOOD, Rosemary Penelope appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-10-01
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    ISHERWOOD, Donald Jeffery appointed
    director
  28. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    ISHERWOOD, Rosemary Penelope appointed
    director
  29. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2004-10-01
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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

60/100
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.
  • 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 Peter Cottingham
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/09/2016

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

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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
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

4 The Malting
Blyth
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S81 8HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

COTTINGHAM, Peter→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISHERWOOD, Rosemary Penelope→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2010-02-28
Resigned
NAREY, Daniel John→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-28 · resigned 2014-08-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2004-10-01
Resigned
ISHERWOOD, Donald Jeffery→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2010-02-28
Resigned
ISHERWOOD, Rosemary Penelope→
director · ~84y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2010-02-28
Resigned
LAWRENCE, Nicholas Mark→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-02-28 · resigned 2014-08-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2004-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29