1 & 3 KENTON GARDENS FREEHOLD LTD

💤Zombieactive

06056884 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-01-18

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

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year to Jan 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-02-11
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2024-02-14
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2023-04-11
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2022-10-24
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2021-10-20
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2020-09-24
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2019-08-29
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2018-10-04
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2017-08-31
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2016-09-09
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2016-01-19
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2015-08-18
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2015-02-03
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2015-01-23
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officers · TM01
2014-12-10
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BLACKMAN CLARK, Mark resigned
director
2014-09-06
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2008-01-19
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2008-01-19
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2007-01-18
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Company incorporated
As 1 & 3 KENTON GARDENS FREEHOLD LTD
2007-01-18
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BARRETT, Andrew Douglas appointed
secretary
2007-01-18
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BARRETT, Andrew Douglas appointed
director
2007-01-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-18
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BLACKMAN CLARK, Mark appointed
director
2007-01-18
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
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2007-01-18
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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2007-01-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Douglas Barrett Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-01-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

3 Kenton Gardens

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 1JS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BARRETT, Andrew Douglas→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-18

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Active

BARRETT, Andrew Douglas→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-01-18

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-18 · resigned 2008-01-19

Resigned

BLACKMAN CLARK, Mark→

director · ~57y · appointed 2007-01-18 · resigned 2014-12-10

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-18 · resigned 2007-01-18

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-01-18 · resigned 2008-01-19

Resigned

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