CITYMARK LTD

💤Zombieactive
06763545 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-02
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
43 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-05
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  4. 2022-11-18
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  5. 2021-12-21
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  6. 2020-11-09
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  7. 2020-01-27
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    address · AD01
  8. 2019-11-08
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  9. 2018-11-05
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  10. 2017-12-08
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  11. 2016-11-28
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  12. 2015-12-17
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  13. 2015-12-14
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  14. 2015-01-09
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  15. 2014-12-22
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  16. 2009-01-08
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    GANATRA, Minal Ajay appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-01-08
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    GANATRA, Ajay Ramniklal appointed
    director
  18. 2008-12-03
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  19. 2008-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As CITYMARK LTD
  20. 2008-12-02
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ajay Ramniklal Ganatra
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

21 Top Park
Beckenham
BR3 6RU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GANATRA, Minal Ajay→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-08
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Active
GANATRA, Ajay Ramniklal→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-01-08
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Active
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-12-02 · resigned 2008-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-08-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
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accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
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accounts · AA
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-05
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accounts · AA
2020-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08