25 CLARENDON SQUARE (LEAMINGTON) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09357966 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-17
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 2024
Net worth
£42.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). 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 (80/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
70
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £42,568

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£43k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£9k£17k£26k£34k£43kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£43.3k£42.8k
Current assets£6.2k£5.8k
Net assets£42.6k£42.2k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-02-27
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  10. 2021-04-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-02-26
    GUEST, Andrew John appointed
    director
  16. 2019-02-26
    STEEDS, Amanda Jane resigned
    director
  17. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-10-19
    HOLLAND, Jonathan Robin Thurstan resigned
    director
  19. 2014-12-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 25 CLARENDON SQUARE (LEAMINGTON) LIMITED
  20. 2014-12-17
    HOLLAND, Jonathan Robin Thurstan appointed
    director
  21. 2014-12-17
    STEEDS, Amanda Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Howard Darby
Individual · English · DOB 05/1946 · age 80
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Amanda Jane Steedsceased 26/02/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Fulbrook House Upper Fulbrook
Warwick Road
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 0PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GUEST, Andrew John
director · ~83y · appointed 2019-02-26
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Active
HOLLAND, Jonathan Robin Thurstan
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-12-17 · resigned 2016-10-19
Resigned
STEEDS, Amanda Jane
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-12-17 · resigned 2019-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-05
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-19