NICHOLLS TYREMAN LIMITED

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05851169 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-19
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
68 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
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees900900

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
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2026-03-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2026-03-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-07-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2023-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2018-10-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2016-06-23
    ➖
    NICHOLLS, Robin Andrew Martyn resigned
    director
  20. 2007-01-15
    ➕
    TYREMAN, James Owen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-01-15
    ➕
    TYREMAN, James Owen appointed
    director
  22. 2006-06-20
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-06-20
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NICHOLLS TYREMAN LIMITED
  25. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    NICHOLLS, Robin Andrew Martyn appointed
    director
  27. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TYREMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

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

🏛️
Tyreman Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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NICHOLLS TYREMAN LIMITED
This company · 05851169

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tyreman Group Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/06/2016
Mr James Owen Tyreman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/06/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

Ground Floor, Techno Centre
Station Road
Horsforth
Leeds
LS18 5BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

TYREMAN, James Owen→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TYREMAN, James Owen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2006-06-20
Resigned
NICHOLLS, Robin Andrew Martyn→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2016-06-23
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2006-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-06