24 MARKET SQUARE MANAGEMENT LTD

💤Zombieactive
07136460 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-01-26
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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, 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1£1
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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  2. 2024-10-08
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  3. 2023-10-16
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  4. 2022-10-13
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-03-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  8. 2020-11-12
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  12. 2018-05-02
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-04-23
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    address · AD01
  14. 2018-04-18
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-04-16
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-04-16
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-04-16
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  18. 2018-03-16
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    SARIN, Tony Deepak appointed
    director
  19. 2018-03-16
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    SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth resigned
    director
  20. 2018-03-16
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    SHADBOLT, Philip David resigned
    director
  21. 2010-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 24 MARKET SQUARE MANAGEMENT LTD
  22. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth appointed
    director
  23. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    SHADBOLT, Philip David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Tony Deepak Sarin Ba Fcca
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Kenneth Shadboltceased 16/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2010-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

Sterling House
27 Hatchlands Road
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 6RW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SARIN, Tony Deepak→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-03-16
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Active
SHADBOLT, Paul Kenneth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-01-26 · resigned 2018-03-16
Resigned
SHADBOLT, Philip David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-01-26 · resigned 2018-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
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accounts · AA
2025-10-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-04
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30