165 COBHAM ROAD LTD

💤Zombieactive
11477186 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-23
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 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (82/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-06-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-10
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2020-12-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2020-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2020-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2020-07-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 165 COBHAM ROAD LTD
  17. 2018-07-23
    PATEL, Bemal appointed
    director
  18. 2018-07-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Pharmadent Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Pharmadent Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
165 COBHAM ROAD LTD
This company · 11477186

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jashar Kingji
Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2020
Pharmadent Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Bemal Patelceased 01/07/2020· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2018-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Ambe House
Commerce Way
Edenbridge
Kent
TN8 6ED
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PATEL, Bemal
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-07-23
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01