ADAIR PAXTON ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09480121 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-10
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£25
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £25

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£25
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5£10£15£20£25Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£25£25
Net assets£25£25

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-07-04
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2022-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-07-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-06-30
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    MARSHALL, William James Dixon resigned
    director
  13. 2021-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-13
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  16. 2021-03-13
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  17. 2021-03-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2021-02-26
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    COLLINSON, Bruce Temple resigned
    director
  19. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2019-12-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  22. 2019-03-31
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    HOLLIDAY, Stephen Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2015-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAIR PAXTON ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED
  24. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    DALINGWATER, Simon Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    COLLINSON, Bruce Temple appointed
    director
  26. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    HOLLIDAY, Stephen Peter appointed
    director
  27. 2015-03-10
    ➕
    MARSHALL, William James Dixon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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
Mr Simon Peter Dalingwater
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/04/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr William James Dixon Marshallceased 30/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Bruce Temple Collinsonceased 26/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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7 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
Incorporated2015-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Suites 6 & 7 First Floor, Jason House
Kerry Hill
Horsforth
West Yorkshire
LS18 4JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

DALINGWATER, Simon Peter→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINSON, Bruce Temple→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2021-02-26
Resigned
HOLLIDAY, Stephen Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
MARSHALL, William James Dixon→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2022-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-16
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-07-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-01