5839 LTD

💤Zombieactive
12705545 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-30
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£45.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 3.6y

20/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £44,995
Net assets shrinking
Down £35,641 YoY
Cash YoY
+274%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 274% YoY
Net Worth
£45k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£16k£32k£48k£65k£81kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£437.3k£310.8k
Current assets£10.3k£11.8k
Cash£10.3k£2.8k
Debtors£9.1k
Net assets£45.0k£80.6k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-07-14
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
  4. 2025-02-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-02-05
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  6. 2024-11-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2024-11-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  8. 2024-10-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-10-19
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2024-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-07-21
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2023-07-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  14. 2022-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-10-17
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2022-10-10
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
  17. 2022-10-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2021-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5839 LTD
  20. 2020-06-30
    FLOCKTON, Gary Melvin Brian appointed
    director
  21. 2020-06-30
    📄
    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 6 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

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Melvin Brian Flockton
Individual · English · DOB 08/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2020

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

21 Barker Street
Stanley
Wakefield
WF3 4BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FLOCKTON, Gary Melvin Brian
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-06-30
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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Kensington Mortgage Company
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
A registered charge1 property14/07/2025
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/02/2025
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/11/2024
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property17/07/2023
outstanding
Kensington Mortgage Company
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
A registered charge1 property10/10/2022
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-17