ELWOOD GRANGE (ST ANNES ON THE SEA)ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00758163 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1963-04-19

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

23 officers (7 active, 23 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	700	700

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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officers · AP01
2026-01-15
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officers · AP01
2026-01-08
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officers · TM01
2026-01-07
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officers · TM01
2025-12-05
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COSTELLO, David appointed
director
2025-12-05
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OWEN, David resigned
director
2025-11-28
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MCGILL, Linda appointed
director
2025-11-28
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GALEA, Sauveur resigned
director
2025-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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accounts · AA
2024-02-13
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officers · AP03
2024-02-05
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officers · CH01
2024-01-15
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BRADBURY, Carol appointed
secretary
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-11-23
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officers · AP01
2023-11-23
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officers · TM02
2023-11-23
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officers · TM01
2023-09-11
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DAY, Diana Margaret resigned
secretary
2023-09-11
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DAY, Diana Margaret resigned
director
2023-09-11
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OWEN, David appointed
director
2023-04-26
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accounts · AA
2023-01-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-10
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officers · AP01
2022-11-10
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officers · TM01
2022-10-21
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DAY, Dorothy resigned
director
2022-10-21
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GALEA, Sauveur appointed
director
2021-11-25
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accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-04-15
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PEARCE, Christine appointed
director
2019-04-15
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PEARCE, Frederick resigned
director
2019-01-31
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BRADBURY, Dennis appointed
director
2019-01-31
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ELLIOTT, Edna resigned
director
2015-11-27
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DAY, Dorothy appointed
director
2015-11-27
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KNOWLES, Jonathan resigned
director
2011-07-29
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SHANNON, Deborah Lindsay appointed
director
2011-07-29
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KERSHAW, Edith resigned
director
2003-07-22
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DEWHURST, John resigned
director
2003-07-22
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KNOWLES, Jonathan appointed
director
2001-06-04
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PRICE, Barbara Denise appointed
director
2001-06-04
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WILSON, James resigned
director
2000-04-28
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DEWHURST, John appointed
director
2000-04-28
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FISK, George resigned
director
1999-06-01
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PALFREYMAN, Fraser Mark resigned
director
1999-06-01
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WILSON, James appointed
director
1997-02-14
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FAWCETT, Molly G resigned
director
1997-02-14
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FISK, George appointed
director
1994-03-30
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PALFREYMAN, Fraser Mark appointed
director
1994-03-29
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PALFREYMAN, John P resigned
director
1991-12-16
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ELLIOTT, Edna appointed
director
1990-01-18
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GOLD, John resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

65/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: GALEA, Sauveur resigned 2025-11-28; OWEN, David resigned 2025-12-05

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1963-04-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98100 — Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

Elwood Grange

Clifton Drive North

St Annes On Sea

Lancashire

FY8 2PS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14