3 CENTRAL AVENUE (WEST BRIDGFORD) UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07503569 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£405.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
41 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £405,595
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
£406k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£915k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£183k£366k£549k£732k£915kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£905.6k£864.0k
Current assets£915.5k£873.5k
Cash£100£100
Debtors£915.4k£873.4k
Net assets£405.6k£364.0k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-08-14
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-12-05
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  5. 2021-09-22
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  6. 2020-11-13
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  7. 2019-11-04
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  8. 2018-10-26
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  9. 2017-12-12
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  10. 2017-02-07
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  11. 2017-01-24
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  12. 2016-11-10
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  13. 2016-03-04
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  14. 2015-09-22
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  15. 2015-01-30
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  16. 2011-02-15
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    PROCTOR, John Martin appointed
    director
  17. 2011-02-15
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    HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2011-02-15
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    WARD, Michael James resigned
    director
  19. 2011-02-15
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    HBJGW INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2011-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 CENTRAL AVENUE (WEST BRIDGFORD) UK LIMITED
  21. 2011-01-24
    ➕
    HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-01-24
    ➕
    WARD, Michael James appointed
    director
  23. 2011-01-24
    ➕
    HBJGW INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 John Martin Proctor
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

10 Oxford Street
Nottingham
NG1 5BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PROCTOR, John Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2011-02-15
Resigned
WARD, Michael James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2011-02-15
Resigned
HBJGW INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2011-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
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accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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2022-01-27
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accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
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accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-05