AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00810168 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1964-06-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74990Non-trading company

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 5.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

32 officers (6 active, 32 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

153 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (75 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2026-03-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-05
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HILLMAN, Julian David appointed
secretary
2024-12-05
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FRICKER, Robert Edwin Colin resigned
secretary
2024-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-31
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JARVIS, Bryan Roger resigned
director
2023-12-31
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TURNBULL, Robin Barry resigned
director
2023-11-07
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mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
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BUGGS, Deborah Ruth resigned
secretary
2023-10-09
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FRICKER, Robert Edwin Colin appointed
secretary
2023-10-09
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-09
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-03
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ABBOTT, Michael Raymond appointed
director
2021-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2021-05-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2021-05-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-05-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-08-01
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BUGGS, Deborah Ruth appointed
secretary
2020-07-31
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BRAY, Adrian Paul resigned
secretary
2020-01-03
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HARE, Alan John resigned
director
2018-01-01
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BRAY, Adrian Paul appointed
secretary
2017-12-31
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NORRIS, Geoffrey Richard resigned
secretary
2017-11-28
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THURGOOD, Raymond William resigned
director
2014-12-31
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TAYLOR, William John resigned
director
2014-01-01
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JESSOP, Andrew Philip resigned
secretary
2014-01-01
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NORRIS, Geoffrey Richard appointed
secretary
2013-07-16
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EDWARDS, John appointed
director
2013-07-16
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MCLAREN, Judith Ann, Dr appointed
director
2013-07-16
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CORDINGLEY, Ronald Samuel resigned
director
2013-07-16
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TAYLOR, William John appointed
director
2012-04-03
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RISBRIDGER, John Arthur Henry resigned
director
2012-02-01
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BROWNSELL, Graham Federick resigned
director
2011-08-01
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TURNBULL, Robin Barry appointed
director
2009-01-06
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JARVIS, Bryan Roger appointed
director
2008-10-01
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JESSOP, Andrew Philip appointed
secretary
2008-09-30
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TERVET, Peter Alexander resigned
secretary
2007-07-03
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BROWNSELL, Graham Federick appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 75 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Pilgrim Homes Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Pilgrim Homes Trust

Corporate parent · board control

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AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY TRUST LIMITED

This company · 00810168

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Pilgrim Homes Trust Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control	05/02/2020

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1964-06-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

175 Tower Bridge Rd

London

SE1 2AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-14

Last: 2026-06-30