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Oddities, extremes, and pocket facts from Distressed.uk’s local forensic tables — not a product dashboard, just the interesting bits.

33,893 companies 66,337 titles 233,202 events Cached · 03/10/2026 17:33
Archive scale 33,893 companies · 66,337 titles ◆ Title hoarder WHITE ROSE RESIDENTIAL SALES LIMITED holds 83 titles ◆ Charge heavyweight RAYBRIDGE CORPORATION LIMITED — 25 charges on file ◆ Director ages Average ≈ 59.5 · youngest 19 · oldest 100 ◆ Most recurring director key Donna Louise Simpson appears on 19 companies ◆ Victorian landlord TRIPLEX LLOYD AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LIMITED · incorporated 21/03/1873 ◆ Newest landed company RODI HOMES LTD · 15/09/2025 ◆ Most restless title SGL429779 — 4 observed ownership moves ◆ Busy letterbox CF14 8LH is the registered office for 125 archive companies ◆ Landed average 1.2 titles per landed company ◆ Archive scale 33,893 companies · 66,337 titles ◆ Title hoarder WHITE ROSE RESIDENTIAL SALES LIMITED holds 83 titles ◆ Charge heavyweight RAYBRIDGE CORPORATION LIMITED — 25 charges on file ◆ Director ages Average ≈ 59.5 · youngest 19 · oldest 100 ◆ Most recurring director key Donna Louise Simpson appears on 19 companies ◆ Victorian landlord TRIPLEX LLOYD AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LIMITED · incorporated 21/03/1873 ◆ Newest landed company RODI HOMES LTD · 15/09/2025 ◆ Most restless title SGL429779 — 4 observed ownership moves ◆ Busy letterbox CF14 8LH is the registered office for 125 archive companies ◆ Landed average 1.2 titles per landed company ◆

Oldest landed company

TRIPLEX LLOYD AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LIMITED

00007101

Incorporated

21/03/1873

Age

~153 yrs

Titles

7

Still carrying Land Registry titles in the archive — a corporate ghost with deeds attached.

Director age

59.5

average · median 60.0

Youngest

19

Oldest

100

43,701 approximate ages on file (Companies House year-of-birth bands, 18–100).

Newest landed company

RODI HOMES LTD

15/09/2025 · 1 titles

Most titles

Companies ranked by archive title_count

Landed stock

  1. 1

    WHITE ROSE RESIDENTIAL SALES LIMITED

    09179092

    83
  2. 2

    INSTANT CASH LOANS LIMITED

    02685515

    68
  3. 3

    HFD LIMITED

    02674152

    63
  4. 4

    H.P.A.S. LIMITED

    02777148

    31
  5. 5

    MULHEARN (CONTRACTS) LIMITED

    02857255

    30
  6. 6

    TILDIST REALISATIONS LIMITED

    12399819

    30
  7. 7

    KINDNEAT LIMITED

    01154528

    29
  8. 8

    KNIGHT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

    02503270

    27

Most charges

Charge rows stored on the company archive snapshot

Encumbrance

  1. 1

    RAYBRIDGE CORPORATION LIMITED

    03543740

    25
  2. 2

    SPECIALIST AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED

    01848773

    25
  3. 3

    NOVA HOMES LIMITED

    02853501

    25
  4. 4

    PRIORHAVEN LIMITED

    01417432

    25
  5. 5

    GENERAL & COMMERCIAL ESTATES LIMITED

    02701390

    25
  6. 6

    CARDIFF MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

    01408506

    25
  7. 7

    DAWN TIL DUSK PLC

    02014276

    25
  8. 8

    REAL INNS LIMITED

    02662338

    25

Snapshot length may be capped by enrichment — treat as “most on file here”, not a Companies House absolute.

Most common director keys

Normalised name keys across archive companies — common names collide; not proven single people.

  • Donna Louise Simpson

    19 cos

  • Andrew Gillings Mark

    19 cos

  • David Kaye Malcolm

    17 cos

  • Coombes Frederick John

    15 cos

  • Fowler John Matthew

    13 cos

  • John Nicholas Pike

    11 cos

  • Allan Hayward John

    11 cos

  • Bassam Elia

    11 cos

  • Menashe Sadik

    11 cos

  • Antony Pitcher Robert

    11 cos

  • Christian Chubb Clark David

    10 cos

  • Dewhurst Philip Richard

    10 cos

Age bands

Approximate ages from officer records

  • 18–29
    0.9%
  • 30–39
    6.7%
  • 40–49
    16.6%
  • 50–59
    25.5%
  • 60–69
    26.9%
  • 70+
    23.5%

Recurring surnames

Last token of normalised keys (common forenames filtered)

Singh 454 Smith 361 Stuart 346 Timothy 279 Martin 252 Williams 246 Patrick 211 Taylor 190 Wilson 165 Stewart 144 Trevor 137 Russell 133

Most restless titles

Titles with the most observed title_company_changed hops

SGL429779

4

moves

2 Pine Court, Tudor Avenue, Hampton, TW12 2NB

Now: LUSSO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

AGL374234

3

moves

Fifth Floor Premises, Eldon Chambers, 30-32 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AA

Now: S J GELSTHORPE LIMITED

NT512761

3

moves

First Floor, Lock House, 2 Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG

Now: S J GELSTHORPE LIMITED

HS170944

3

moves

land lying to the North of Great Gutter Lane, Willerby

Now: SPAREWELL LIMITED

HS142465

3

moves

land lying to the North of Great Gutter Lane, Willerby

Now: SPAREWELL LIMITED

HD458651

2

moves

141 Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0QE

Now: SHEERING PLACE PROPERTY SERVICES MANAGEMENT LIMITED

YY55097

2

moves

Part Second Floor, Carlton Tower, 34 St Pauls Street, Leeds, LS1 2QB

Now: M G THURSTON LIMITED

ON350535

2

moves

23 Wincanton Road, Bicester, OX26 1EJ

Now: ARONDEUS LIMITED

Outbound hop leaders

Companies most often on the “from” side of title transfers

  1. 1 PORTEUS PROPERTIES LTD 12
  2. 2 M G THURSTON LIMITED 6
  3. 3 SHIRETHORN LIMITED 5
  4. 4 MALPASS BROTHERS (STAFFORD) LIMITED 5
  5. 5 BLACKBROOK VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS (DUDLEY) LIMITED 5
  6. 6 WHITE ROSE RESIDENTIAL SALES LIMITED 4

Busy letterboxes

Registered-office postcodes shared by the most archive companies

  • CF14 8LH

    e.g. AVIA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

    125

  • MK5 8PJ

    e.g. SIMUTEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

    70

  • EC4N 6EU

    e.g. CAMBRIDGE TOUCH TECHNOLOGIES LTD

    64

  • LS1 4DL

    e.g. RENGEN CROWN LIMITED

    59

  • NN1 5JF

    e.g. WILMER PLACE LTD

    55

  • M45 7TA

    e.g. CASTLE COURT (PROPERTY) LIMITED

    54

Busiest districts

Where archive companies cluster

  • Birmingham 270 cos · 646 titles
  • City Of Westminster 239 cos · 400 titles
  • Somerset 234 cos · 460 titles
  • Buckinghamshire 233 cos · 388 titles
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire 232 cos · 310 titles
  • Brighton And Hove 230 cos · 315 titles
  • Cornwall 229 cos · 362 titles
  • Leeds 229 cos · 510 titles

Status mix

How the archive tilts across company statuses

  • dissolved 28,824 · 85%
  • liquidation 3,362 · 9.9%
  • receivership 782 · 2.3%
  • administration 755 · 2.2%
  • insolvency proceedings 91 · 0.3%
  • voluntary arrangement 69 · 0.2%
  • active 10 · 0%

Avg titles (landed)

1.2

Mean title_count among companies with ≥1 title

Longest name

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF WALES (INCORPORATED)(THE)

83 characters

Shortest name

ALRA

4 characters

Pocket facts

Title hoarder

WHITE ROSE RESIDENTIAL SALES LIMITED holds 83 titles

Highest title_count in the local archive snapshot for a single company number.

Charge heavyweight

RAYBRIDGE CORPORATION LIMITED — 25 charges on file

Most charge records stored on the company archive row (snapshot may be capped by source enrichment).

Director ages

Average ≈ 59.5 · youngest 19 · oldest 100

Across 43,701 officer records with an approximate age in the archive.

Most recurring director key

Donna Louise Simpson appears on 19 companies

Normalised name key frequency — not a single proven identity (common names collide).

Victorian landlord

TRIPLEX LLOYD AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LIMITED · incorporated 21/03/1873

Oldest company in the archive that still has Land Registry titles linked (7 titles, ~153 years old).

Newest landed company

RODI HOMES LTD · 15/09/2025

Youngest incorporation date among companies that already have titles in the archive.

Most restless title

SGL429779 — 4 observed ownership moves

2 Pine Court, Tudor Avenue, Hampton, TW12 2NB · title_company_changed events in the forensic event log.

Busy letterbox

CF14 8LH is the registered office for 125 archive companies

Shared postcodes often mark virtual offices, IPs, or group HQs — not proof of connection.

Landed average

1.2 titles per landed company

Mean title_count among companies with at least one linked title.

All figures are derived from Distressed.uk local forensic archives only. Overlaps and name keys are heuristic. Live distressed now: 33,275 companies / 62,661 titles.