27 FAIRLEIGH ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD

💤Zombieactive

06573735 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-23

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 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

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

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2024-10-16
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accounts · AA
2023-11-07
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accounts · AA
2022-08-23
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accounts · AA
2021-08-03
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accounts · AA
2020-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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officers · CH01
2018-12-20
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officers · CH03
2018-12-20
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officers · CH01
2018-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-14
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address · AD01
2016-12-14
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officers · TM01
2016-12-13
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DAVIES, Bethan resigned
director
2008-07-29
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DAVIES, Bethan appointed
director
2008-07-24
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SENTER, Catherine Olive appointed
secretary
2008-07-24
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SENTER, John Giles appointed
director
2008-04-23
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Company incorporated
As 27 FAIRLEIGH ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
2008-04-23
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-04-23
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 73 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Giles Senter Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	16/12/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-04-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

3 Ffordd Gwern Ffordd Gwern

St. Fagans

Cardiff

CF5 6PB

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-09

Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SENTER, Catherine Olive→

secretary · appointed 2008-07-24

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Active

SENTER, John Giles→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-07-24

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Active

DAVIES, Bethan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-07-29 · resigned 2016-12-13

Resigned

DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-23 · resigned 2008-04-23

Resigned

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