BOWYER ESTATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09416833 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-02
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees1000

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BOWYER ESTATES LIMITED
  17. 2015-02-02
    BOWYER-CRUMP, Clare Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Clare Louise Bowyer-Crump
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Clare Louise Bowyerceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2015-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

19 Hooker Street
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 1BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BOWYER-CRUMP, Clare Louise
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-02-02
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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-23