36/38 ST JAMES STREET (CHELTENHAM) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06809240 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-02-04
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-05-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-02-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 36/38 ST JAMES STREET (CHELTENHAM) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2009-02-04➕DAINTON-WHITE, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2009-02-04➕HARDING, Elizabeth Ceridwen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 17 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| 246 LONDON ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 01808137 · est 1984 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 42y | — | — |
| 275-277 RABY ROAD RTM COMPANY LIMITED→ 15244034 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| 36MP MANAGEMENT LTD→ 16961062 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 BAKER STREET LIMITED→ 01462181 · est 1979 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 46y | — | — |
| 3M ASIA PACIFIC UK HOLDING LTD→ 09908024 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
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| 40 HOMEFIELD ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 10945155 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2009-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
2 Old Bath Road
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1QL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DAINTON-WHITE, Nicola→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARDING, Elizabeth Ceridwen→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (41 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-12