20 BELLEVUE GARDENS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10024321 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-24
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
41 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-13
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2022-01-10
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2022-01-09
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    RUSSELL, Mark Andrew resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-01-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-01-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-12-30
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    HAYHURST, Katherine Louise appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-12-30
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    RUSSELL, Mark Andrew resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-30
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  12. 2021-12-30
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  13. 2021-12-30
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  14. 2021-12-30
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  15. 2021-06-28
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  16. 2021-06-16
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  17. 2021-04-15
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  18. 2021-04-12
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  19. 2021-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2021-04-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Mark Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2021-03-31
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    HARPER STONE PROPERTIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-06-01
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    HARPER STONE PROPERTIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2018-02-21
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    CARLTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2017-07-20
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  26. 2016-08-12
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    CARLTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2016-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 BELLEVUE GARDENS LIMITED
  28. 2016-02-24
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    BOYD, Ian James 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 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Claire Elizabeth Morris
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/01/2022
Miss Katherine Louise Hayhurst
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/12/2021
Mr Ian James Boyd
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark Andrew Russellceased 28/07/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2016-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Flat 2 20 Belle Vue Gardens
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 0AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HAYHURST, Katherine Louise→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYD, Ian James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Mark Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2022-01-09
Resigned
CARLTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-08-12 · resigned 2018-02-21
Resigned
HARPER STONE PROPERTIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-06-01 · resigned 2021-03-31
Resigned
RUSSELL, Mark Andrew→
director · ~74y · appointed 2017-07-20 · resigned 2021-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
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accounts · AA
2025-10-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-01-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-12-30