19 BRICKS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07522873 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive 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, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Total assets | — | £5.3k |
| Current assets | — | £332.7k |
| Net assets | — | £5.3k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-29📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2011-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs 19 BRICKS LIMITED
- 2011-02-09➕DHILLON, Gurjeet appointedsecretary
- 2011-02-09➕DHILLON, Gurjeet, Mr. appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Hardeep Dhillon Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2023 |
Mr. Gurjeet Dhillon Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 ARROWS PROPERTIES LTD→ 15940420 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 2 DIAMONDS CONSTRUCTION LTD→ 13762961 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 2 HILL ESTATE LIMITED→ 14691882 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 2 OATLANDS ROAD ENFIELD LTD→ 14569569 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 2 REDHILL LIMITED→ 15596213 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 221 BIGGIN HILL LIMITED→ 17060303 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2212 WEST GATE LIMITED→ 17011489 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 FARMSTEAD ROAD, HARROW WEALD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED→ 11944391 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 24 BRIICK LTD→ 13686625 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 24121 REAL ESTATE LIMITED→ 16373779 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 24NKR LTD→ 16157854 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 25 COLLEGE CRESCENT FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 09622966 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Congress House 4th Floor
14 Lyon Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 2EN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
DHILLON, Gurjeet, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-09
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-30