7 ELMWOOD ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01164603 · ltd · incorporated 1974-03-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Jan 2025
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-212024-01-21

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-18
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    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-16
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  3. 2025-09-14
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  4. 2024-09-28
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  5. 2023-10-07
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  6. 2022-10-08
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  7. 2021-10-02
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  8. 2020-10-07
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  9. 2019-10-08
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  10. 2018-10-15
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  11. 2017-10-15
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  12. 2016-10-07
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  13. 2016-02-01
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  14. 2016-01-18
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  15. 2016-01-18
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-11-15
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    TODD, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2015-11-15
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    JOHNSTON, Douglas resigned
    director
  18. 2011-10-30
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    JOHNSTON, Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2011-07-08
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    HEAP, Martin resigned
    director
  20. 2003-07-02
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    CARDEW, James Martyn resigned
    director
  21. 2003-07-02
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    HEAP, Martin appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-01
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    CERVANTES-KNOX, Kate Helen appointed
    director
  23. 2002-11-01
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    STACEY, Paul resigned
    director
  24. 1999-07-16
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    CARDEW, James Martyn appointed
    director
  25. 1999-07-16
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    MONK, Sarah resigned
    director
  26. 1999-02-08
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    MONK, Sarah appointed
    director
  27. 1999-02-08
    ➕
    STACEY, Paul appointed
    director
  28. 1998-05-05
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    WARD, Alison Jane resigned
    director
  29. 1998-02-01
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    LLOYD, Sarah Jane resigned
    director
  30. 1996-11-18
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    TURLEY, Ruth Melanie resigned
    director
  31. 1996-11-18
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    WARD, Alison Jane appointed
    director
  32. 1992-02-14
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    BROOKE, Andrew Peter appointed
    secretary
  33. 1992-02-14
    ➖
    TURLEY, Sarah Anne resigned
    secretary
  34. 1992-01-13
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    LLOYD, Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  35. 1974-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 7 ELMWOOD ROAD LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Elizabeth Jane Todd
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Kate Helen Knox
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Peter Brooke
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1974-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Andrew Brooke
7c Elmwood Road
Dulwich
London
SE24 9NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last made up to: 2025-01-21
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

BROOKE, Andrew Peter→
secretary · appointed 1992-02-14
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Active
BROOKE, Andrew Peter→
director · ~65y
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Active
CERVANTES-KNOX, Kate Helen→
director · ~51y · appointed 2002-11-01
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Active
TODD, Elizabeth Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-11-15
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Active
TURLEY, Sarah Anne→
secretary · resigned 1992-02-14
Resigned
CARDEW, James Martyn→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-07-16 · resigned 2003-07-02
Resigned
HEAP, Martin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-07-02 · resigned 2011-07-08
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Douglas→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-10-30 · resigned 2015-11-15
Resigned
LLOYD, Sarah Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-01-13 · resigned 1998-02-01
Resigned
MONK, Sarah→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 1999-07-16
Resigned
STACEY, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
TURLEY, Ruth Melanie→
director · ~63y · resigned 1996-11-18
Resigned
WARD, Alison Jane→
director · ~55y · appointed 1996-11-18 · resigned 1998-05-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
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accounts · AA
2025-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
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accounts · AA
2024-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-27
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accounts · AA
2023-10-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
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2022-10-08
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2022-01-11
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2021-10-02
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2021-01-09
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2020-10-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23