1821LD PEACEHAVEN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08825807 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-24

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£4

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4

~ YoY

Current Assets

£4

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£4	£4
Current assets	£4	—
Net assets	£4	£4

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-08
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2013-12-24
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Company incorporated
As 1821LD PEACEHAVEN LIMITED
2013-12-24
➕
BOTTING, Stephen Paul appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 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

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 12 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Botting Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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19 HANOVER CRESCENT BRIGHTON LTD.→ 08457496 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
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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

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-12-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Flat 1 Southdown House

1-3 Howard Square

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN21 4FG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-07

Last: 2025-12-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BOTTING, Stephen Paul→

director · ~67y · appointed 2013-12-24

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (34 total)

legacy

miscellaneous · RP01PSC01

2026-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-09-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-07-12

withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC09

2021-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-22