86-88 PENN HILL AVENUE (POOLE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06600784 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-05-22
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
50 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
    ➕
    OWENS & PORTER LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2026-01-05
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    OWEN, Matthew resigned
    secretary
  3. 2026-01-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-01-05
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    officers · AP04
  5. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-29
    ➖
    WESTFIELD, Francis James resigned
    director
  9. 2023-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  16. 2018-05-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-05-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2018-05-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    OWEN, Matthew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2018-05-01
    ➖
    SIDEN, Geoffrey John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2018-05-01
    ➖
    DRUMMOND, Jamie Andrew Iain resigned
    director
  23. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    WESTFIELD, Francis James appointed
    director
  24. 2008-05-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 86-88 PENN HILL AVENUE (POOLE) LIMITED
  25. 2008-05-22
    ➕
    SIDEN, Geoffrey John appointed
    director
  26. 2008-05-22
    ➕
    SIDEN, Geoffrey John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-05-22
    ➕
    DRUMMOND, Jamie Andrew Iain appointed
    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 83 — 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 83 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.
  • 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
Incorporated2008-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Sandbourne Chambers
328a Wimborne Road
Bournemouth
BH9 2HH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

OWENS & PORTER LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2026-01-05
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Active
SIDEN, Geoffrey John→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-05-22
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Active
OWEN, Matthew→
secretary · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2026-01-05
Resigned
SIDEN, Geoffrey John→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-22 · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned
DRUMMOND, Jamie Andrew Iain→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-05-22 · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned
WESTFIELD, Francis James→
director · ~78y · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2023-08-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-05
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-18