186 WHITCHURCH LANE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05398643 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-18

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

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: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-02-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-13
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HAINES, Justin resigned
director
2020-01-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-01
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PATEL, Anup appointed
director
2017-01-23
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ADAMS, Tessa Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2017-01-23
➖
ADAMS, Tessa Elizabeth resigned
director
2005-03-18
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Company incorporated
As 186 WHITCHURCH LANE LIMITED
2005-03-18
➕
ADAMS, Tessa Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2005-03-18
➕
STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-03-18
➖
STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-03-18
➕
ADAMS, Tessa Elizabeth appointed
director
2005-03-18
➕
HAINES, Justin appointed
director
2005-03-18
➕
STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2005-03-18
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STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-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

55/100

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 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

🏛️

Canons Park Assets Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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186 WHITCHURCH LANE LIMITED

This company · 05398643

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Canons Park Assets Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	14/02/2020
Mr Anup Patel Individual · British · DOB 03/1992 · age 34	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/02/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Justin Hainesceased 13/02/2020· 25-50% shares

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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1928 JEWELRY,LTD.→ FC015488 · est 1990 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	36y	—	—
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23 PINNER VIEW (HARROW) LIMITED→ 07977935 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
247-253 KENTON LANE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 06482998 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
249 LLP→ OC413734 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-03-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Elthorne Gate

64 High Street

Pinner

HA5 5QA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-01

Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PATEL, Anup→

director · ~34y · appointed 2020-01-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ADAMS, Tessa Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2017-01-23

Resigned

STL SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2005-03-18

Resigned

ADAMS, Tessa Elizabeth→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2017-01-23

Resigned

HAINES, Justin→

director · ~55y · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2020-02-13

Resigned

STL DIRECTORS LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2005-03-18

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-11-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-02

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-04-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-09-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-11-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2020-11-28