THE PHOENIX PLAYBOX LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15434677 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-23
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
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
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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£0Jan 2025Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312025-01-31
Average employees200100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-05-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2026-05-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-07-14
    BENTLEY, Natasha Frances appointed
    director
  6. 2025-07-14
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2025-07-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-07-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-07-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2025-07-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2025-07-14
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE PHOENIX PLAYBOX LIMITED
  13. 2024-01-23
    PROSSER, Terry John appointed
    director
  14. 2024-01-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

The Phoenix Centre (Gurnard) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
The Phoenix Centre (Gurnard) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
THE PHOENIX PLAYBOX LIMITED
This company · 15434677

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Phoenix Centre (Gurnard) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/04/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Gurnard Pines Property Management Limitedceased 21/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Terry John Prosserceased 14/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

2 Hopkins Mead
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 6SS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BENTLEY, Natasha Frances
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-07-14
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Active
PROSSER, Terry John
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-01-23
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-05-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-05-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-14
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-23