170 EWELL ROAD RTM COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06880484 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-04-17
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 (78/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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  3. 2025-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-09-10
    ➖
    HUTCHINS, Louise resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-13
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  8. 2023-11-27
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  9. 2023-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-03
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    HUTCHINS, Louise appointed
    director
  12. 2020-10-03
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-10-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-08-01
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  17. 2019-02-19
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  18. 2019-02-18
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  19. 2019-02-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2019-02-16
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    COOK, Daniel resigned
    director
  21. 2009-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 170 EWELL ROAD RTM COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2009-04-17
    ➕
    BALDWIN, Edward Alan appointed
    director
  23. 2009-04-17
    ➕
    COOK, Daniel 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 74 — 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 74 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 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

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 Edward Alan Baldwin
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Louise Hutchinsceased 28/02/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Mark Buzwellceased 31/03/2024· significant influence
  • Mrs Laura Buzwellceased 31/03/2024· significant influence
  • Miss Emma Greenceased 30/01/2020· 25-50% voting
  • Mr Daniel John Cookceased 16/02/2019· 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2009-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

170 Ewell Road
Surbiton
KT6 6HG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BALDWIN, Edward Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Daniel→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-04-17 · resigned 2019-02-16
Resigned
HUTCHINS, Louise→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-10-03 · resigned 2024-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19