158 WENHAM DRIVE LTD
💤Zombieactive
12405669 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-15
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-10.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed property-backed borrower — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,085
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,422 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£10k
Net Worth
-£10k
↓ 170% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £267.8k | £258.6k |
| Current assets | £60.1k | £55.7k |
| Cash | £10.4k | — |
| Debtors | £49.7k | — |
| Net assets | £-10.1k | £14.3k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-09➖ASHER, Devoire resigneddirector
- 2022-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-11➕ASHER, Devoire appointeddirector
- 2021-11-11➖ASHER, Devoire resigneddirector
- 2021-11-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-29➕ASHER, Devoire appointeddirector
- 2020-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
- 2020-01-15🏢Company incorporatedAs 158 WENHAM DRIVE LTD
- 2020-01-15➕ASHER, Elazar Moshe appointeddirector
- 2020-01-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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
45/100
Moderate signalSome 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Elazar Moshe Asher Individual · Hungarian · DOB 12/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/01/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Devoire Asherceased 09/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Devoire Asherceased 10/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 PRESTON LIMITED→ 14384486 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 1 PRESTON SUB LTD→ 15253811 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 1010 LTD→ 17110974 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 105 WEST ROAD LTD→ 11981730 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 12 BEATRICE CLOSE LTD→ 16335722 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 13PH LTD→ 10602403 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| 142 WARLEY HILL LIMITED→ 17056138 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 SUN ST MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 17073018 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 150 LEADENHALL STREET NOMINEES LIMITED→ 01336496 · est 1977 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 48y | — | — |
| 154 YORK ROAD LTD→ 13144096 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| 16 CRESCENT ROAD LIMITED→ 07220218 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
43 Claremont Road
Westcliff-On-Sea
SS0 7DX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
ASHER, Elazar Moshe→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASHER, Devoire→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-11-11 · resigned 2022-03-09
ASHER, Devoire→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2020-10-29 · resigned 2021-11-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Onesavings Bank Onesavings Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/03/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-11