135 WALDEGRAVE ROAD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06988182 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-06
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-08-22
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  5. 2021-08-13
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-15
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  7. 2019-10-11
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-05
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  9. 2017-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-09-09
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  12. 2015-08-26
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  13. 2014-09-12
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  14. 2014-08-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2009-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 135 WALDEGRAVE ROAD LIMITED
  16. 2009-08-12
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    LANGLEY, Guy Raiford appointed
    director
  17. 2009-08-12
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2009-08-12
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-08-12
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    COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointed
    director
  20. 2009-08-12
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    COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur 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 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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 Guy Raiford Langley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
——board controlboard control · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

69 Blackmores Grove
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LANGLEY, Guy Raiford→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-12 · resigned 2009-08-12
Resigned
COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-08-12 · resigned 2009-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-09