AREA OFFICE CLEANERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00826006 · ltd · incorporated 1964-11-04
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 34.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£7.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,120

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£7.7k£13.0k
Current assets£19.9k£19.0k
Net assets£7.1k£5.6k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-10-10
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  4. 2022-09-06
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  5. 2021-11-01
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  6. 2020-10-19
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  7. 2019-11-04
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  8. 2018-11-29
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  9. 2018-11-29
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  10. 2018-10-22
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  11. 2017-11-27
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  12. 2016-09-05
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  13. 2015-12-03
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  14. 2015-11-27
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  15. 2014-12-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-07-19
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    PIANTADOSI, Michele appointed
    director
  17. 2001-07-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2000-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2000-05-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2000-04-28
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    PIANTADOSI, Jannice appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-04-28
    ➕
    PIANTADOSI, Francesco appointed
    director
  22. 2000-04-28
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    PIANTADOSI, Jannice appointed
    director
  23. 2000-04-28
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    DWYER, Eleanor Marie resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-04-28
    ➖
    DWYER, Eleanor Marie resigned
    director
  25. 2000-04-28
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    DWYER, Patrick Oliver resigned
    director
  26. 1991-07-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1964-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AREA OFFICE CLEANERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jannice Piantadosi
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Francesco Piantadosi
Individual · Italian · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1964-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

143 North Approach
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD25 0EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

PIANTADOSI, Jannice→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIANTADOSI, Francesco→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIANTADOSI, Jannice→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-04-28
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Active
PIANTADOSI, Michele→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DWYER, Eleanor Marie→
secretary · resigned 2000-04-28
Resigned
DWYER, Eleanor Marie→
director · ~84y · resigned 2000-04-28
Resigned
DWYER, Patrick Oliver→
director · ~82y · resigned 2000-04-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/05/200025/07/2001
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property23/07/199114/12/2000

Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-29