ST JAMES GARDENS (BIRKENHEAD) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06058751 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-19

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£9.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (79/100)

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

10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,649

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£10k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 146% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£25.4k	£10.9k
Current assets	£22.4k	£9.1k
Net assets	£9.6k	£8.1k

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

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 (35 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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2022-09-12
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2021-09-30
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2020-12-31
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2019-09-30
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2019-01-27
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2018-09-30
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2017-09-29
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2016-01-24
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2012-09-11
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HUNTINGTON-JONES, Joanne resigned
director
2010-09-10
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HUNTINGTON-JONES, Joanne appointed
director
2008-11-03
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KNAPMAN, John Nicholas resigned
secretary
2008-07-31
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KNAPMAN, John Nicholas appointed
secretary
2008-07-31
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HOMESTEAD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-07-14
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CASSIDY, Michelle Mcdonald appointed
director
2008-07-14
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DURGAN, Nasreen resigned
director
2008-07-14
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MURRAY, Stuart Lewis resigned
director
2008-03-28
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DURGAN, Nasreen appointed
director
2008-03-28
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PICK, Clare resigned
director
2007-01-22
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HOMESTEAD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-01-22
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-22
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MURRAY, Stuart Lewis appointed
director
2007-01-22
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PICK, Clare appointed
director
2007-01-22
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-22
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-19
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Company incorporated
As ST JAMES GARDENS (BIRKENHEAD) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2007-01-19
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-19
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-19
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Michelle Mcdonald Cassidy Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	27/01/2017

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Whitfield Buildings Business Centre 188-200 Pensby Road

Heswall

Wirral

Merseyside

CH60 7RJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)

CASSIDY, Michelle Mcdonald→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-07-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KNAPMAN, John Nicholas→

secretary · appointed 2008-07-31 · resigned 2008-11-03

Resigned

HOMESTEAD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2008-07-31

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-19 · resigned 2007-01-22

Resigned

DURGAN, Nasreen→

director · ~70y · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2008-07-14

Resigned

HUNTINGTON-JONES, Joanne→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-09-10 · resigned 2012-09-11

Resigned

MURRAY, Stuart Lewis→

director · ~66y · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2008-07-14

Resigned

PICK, Clare→

director · ~52y · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2008-03-28

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-19 · resigned 2007-01-22

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-19 · resigned 2007-01-22

Resigned

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