CARRINGTONS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06915680 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-27

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (77/100)

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

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

44 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2025-02-21
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2024-02-16
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2023-02-28
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2022-02-21
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2021-03-26
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2020-02-14
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2019-02-19
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2018-02-20
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2017-02-28
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accounts · AA
2017-02-01
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officers · TM02
2017-02-01
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officers · TM01
2017-01-19
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FARMER, Ann resigned
secretary
2017-01-19
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FARMER, Ann resigned
director
2016-06-22
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2016-06-22
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officers · TM01
2016-05-19
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BRYANT, Chad resigned
director
2016-02-26
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2009-05-27
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Company incorporated
As CARRINGTONS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
2009-05-27
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LEWIS, Anthony appointed
director
2009-05-27
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FARMER, Ann appointed
secretary
2009-05-27
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BRYANT, Chad appointed
director
2009-05-27
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FARMER, Ann appointed
director
2009-05-27
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2009-05-27
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Carringtons Residential Management Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Carringtons Residential Management Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CARRINGTONS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 06915680

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Carringtons Residential Management Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-05-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

2 Tower House

Hoddesdon

Hertfordshire

EN11 8UR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-10

Last: 2026-05-27

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LEWIS, Anthony→

director · ~63y · appointed 2009-05-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FARMER, Ann→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-27 · resigned 2017-01-19

Resigned

BRYANT, Chad→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-05-27 · resigned 2016-05-19

Resigned

FARMER, Ann→

director · ~71y · appointed 2009-05-27 · resigned 2017-01-19

Resigned

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2009-05-27 · resigned 2009-05-27

Resigned

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