EQUITY RELEASE TRUSTEES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06503496 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-13

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 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

—

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
Average employees	100	100

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-07-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-13
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2018-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-07
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capital · SH08
2017-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-13
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R.G.C.CORPORATE SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-03-28
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SALVENDY, Sylvia resigned
secretary
2008-02-13
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Company incorporated
As EQUITY RELEASE TRUSTEES LIMITED
2008-02-13
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HENSHER, Paul David appointed
director
2008-02-13
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SALVENDY, Sylvia appointed
secretary
2008-02-13
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JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-13
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-13
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2008-02-13
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JPCORD LIMITED resigned
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 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 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Paul David Hensher Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

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102 IVERSON ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 03726381 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	—	—
103A PARK STREET LIMITED→ 06737045 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
104 CHARTERIS FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 11400318 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
105 COLEMANSMOOR ROAD LIMITED→ 10922215 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
107 -109 DARTMOUTH ROAD LTD→ 16623029 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
107 CAMDEN MEWS LTD→ 14936249 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
107 HARLEY STREET LIMITED→ 10509606 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—

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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

Incorporated2008-02-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

11a Ivor Place

London

NW1 6HS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-27

Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

R.G.C.CORPORATE SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-07-13

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Active

HENSHER, Paul David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-02-13

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Active

SALVENDY, Sylvia→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-13 · resigned 2015-03-28

Resigned

JPCORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-13 · resigned 2008-02-13

Resigned

JPCORD LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-13 · resigned 2008-02-13

Resigned

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