14 TOWER STREET LTD

💤Zombieactive
13341554 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-16
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 2026
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
16 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
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£0
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£100
Current assets£0
Net assets£100

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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 14 TOWER STREET LTD
  12. 2021-04-16
    BIRD, Chris appointed
    director
  13. 2021-04-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Chris Bird
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest16/04/2021

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
Incorporated2021-04-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

7 Lord Mayors Walk
York
YO31 7HB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BIRD, Chris
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-04-16
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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-05-01