88 FLORENCE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05762822 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-30
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (69/100)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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-03-09📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-03-08➕LEVY, Nicholas Joseph, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2026-03-07➖THE BAKER PARTNERSHIP (UK) SECRETARIES LIIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2008-03-01➖CARLTON BAKER CLARKE SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-03-01➕THE BAKER PARTNERSHIP (UK) SECRETARIES LIIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs 88 FLORENCE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2006-03-30➕LEVY, Denise Joan appointeddirector
- 2006-03-30➕CARLTON BAKER CLARKE SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-03-30➕CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-03-30➖CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100
Registered office
Swiss House Beckingham Street
Tolleshunt Major
Maldon
Essex
CM9 8LZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
LEVY, Nicholas Joseph, Dr→
Activesecretary · appointed 2026-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEVY, Denise Joan→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARLTON BAKER CLARKE SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-30 · resigned 2008-03-01
CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-30 · resigned 2006-03-30
THE BAKER PARTNERSHIP (UK) SECRETARIES LIIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-01 · resigned 2026-03-07
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-03-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-04