18 LONDON ROAD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06249042 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-05-16
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 Jun 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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (70/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Debtors£7.7k£10.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-07
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    officers · AP04
  4. 2024-05-07
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-05-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-05-01
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    HC BLOCK AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2024-05-01
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    KAXE, Gary resigned
    secretary
  8. 2024-05-01
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    KAXE, Garry resigned
    director
  9. 2024-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-05-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2019-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-05-22
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    KAXE, Garry appointed
    director
  21. 2007-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 18 LONDON ROAD LIMITED
  22. 2007-05-16
    ➕
    QUAINTANCE, David Leslie appointed
    director
  23. 2007-05-16
    ➕
    KAXE, Gary appointed
    secretary

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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

386 Finchampstead Road
Finchampstead
Wokingham
RG40 3LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last: 2025-05-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HC BLOCK AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-05-01
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Active
QUAINTANCE, David Leslie→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-05-16
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Active
KAXE, Gary→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-16 · resigned 2024-05-01
Resigned
KAXE, Garry→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-05-22 · resigned 2024-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-23