5 PAPER BUILDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07275755 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-06-07
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 Jun 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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-06-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-08
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2023-03-01
    ➖
    BARRY, Denis Fintan resigned
    secretary
  10. 2022-03-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-07-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5 PAPER BUILDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2010-06-07
    ➕
    JENKINS KC, Edward Nicholas appointed
    director
  20. 2010-06-07
    ➕
    BARRY, Denis Fintan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-06-07
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-06-07
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-06-07
    ➕
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointed
    director
  24. 2010-06-07
    ➖
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola resigned
    director
  25. 2010-06-07
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2010-06-07
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Jenkins Kc
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2010-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

5 Paper Buildings
Temple
London
EC4Y 7HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

JENKINS KC, Edward Nicholas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRY, Denis Fintan→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned
DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-03