ACTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

💤Zombieactive
07685193 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-28
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
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (82/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
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
37 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1
Current assets£1
Net assets£1

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-09-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-03-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-19
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-09-18
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2017-07-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2016-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD
  18. 2011-06-28
    DJEBALI, Adel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 60 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-05: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adel Djebali
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75100%
75-100% shares28/06/2017

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
Incorporated2011-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Office 1 And 2 203 205 The Vale
London
W3 7QS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DJEBALI, Adel
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-28
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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-16