OLD MAY FAIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00031462 · ltd · incorporated 1890-05-15

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.7y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 28.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

31 officers (7 active, 31 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

229 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £1

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1

Current Assets

£1

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£1
Current assets	£1
Net assets	£1

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (78 events)Click to expand

2025-07-16
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officers · TM01
2025-07-04
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SINGH, Siraj, Mrs. resigned
director
2025-05-27
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accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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accounts · AA
2024-01-19
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officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-17
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address · AD01
2023-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
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officers · AP01
2020-04-08
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officers · AP01
2020-03-31
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HART, Andrew appointed
director
2020-03-31
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SINGH, Amrit, Mrs. appointed
director
2020-03-31
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SINGH, Inderneel appointed
director
2020-03-31
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SINGH, Siraj, Mrs. appointed
director
2013-11-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2013-11-15
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Charge satisfied #4
2013-11-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2003-10-20
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-09-09
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WASON, Vijay appointed
secretary
2003-09-09
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SHAH, Shashi Merag appointed
director
2003-09-09
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SINGH, Jasminder appointed
director
2003-09-09
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WASON, Vijay appointed
director
2003-09-09
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SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary resigned
secretary
2003-09-09
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GLANVILLE, Charles Dixon resigned
director
2003-09-09
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MCEWAN, Allan Scott resigned
director
2003-09-09
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SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary resigned
director
2003-09-09
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WINTER, Richard Thomas resigned
director
2003-09-09
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-09-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-08-28
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SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary appointed
secretary
2003-08-28
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WILLIAMS, Alison resigned
secretary
2003-04-14
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BRIDGE, Michael John Noel resigned
secretary
2003-04-14
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GLANVILLE, Charles Dixon resigned
secretary
2003-04-14
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WILLIAMS, Alison appointed
secretary
2003-04-14
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COWIE, Graham Michael resigned
director
2003-04-14
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CROSTON, Francis John resigned
director
2003-04-14
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MCEWAN, Allan Scott appointed
director
2003-04-14
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SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary appointed
director
2003-04-14
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WINTER, Richard Thomas appointed
director
2001-01-09
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Charge satisfied #1

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 136 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Edwardian Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Edwardian Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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OLD MAY FAIR LIMITED

This company · 00031462

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Edwardian Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	02/11/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Edwardian International Hotels Ltdceased 02/11/2023· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1890-05-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

173 Cleveland Street

London

W1T 6QR

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01