14 NORFOLK CRESCENT BATH FLATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01480987 · ltd · incorporated 1980-02-22

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

24 officers (4 active, 24 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

129 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

£100

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Current assets	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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2025-06-06
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2025-04-08
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UPTON, Gary resigned
director
2024-09-16
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accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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accounts · AA
2022-09-14
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BLOCK MANAGEMENT, Easton Bevins resigned
secretary
2022-09-14
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officers · TM02
2022-09-14
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address · AD01
2022-09-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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BLOCK MANAGEMENT, Easton Bevins appointed
secretary
2020-09-23
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LAURENCE, Charlotte Hester, Dr resigned
secretary
2020-09-23
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officers · AP03
2020-09-23
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2020-09-23
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officers · CH01
2020-09-23
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2020-09-23
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2020-09-23
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officers · CH01
2020-09-23
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address · AD01
2017-11-05
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MCMULLAN, Louise Marie appointed
director
2017-11-05
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JONES, David Gwynne resigned
director
2014-12-01
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JONES, David Gwynne appointed
director
2013-07-15
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UPTON, Gary appointed
director
2013-06-01
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COPPEN, Rosamund resigned
director
2012-12-01
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BRICE, Trevor Harold resigned
director
2012-01-11
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BRICE, Trevor Harold appointed
director
2011-12-08
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SMUTS-MULLER, Alethea Helen Catherine resigned
director
2010-12-01
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MERRETT, Bradley Peter appointed
director
2010-12-01
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COPPEN, Rosamund appointed
director
2010-11-23
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SMUTS-MULLER, Alethea Helen Catherine appointed
director
2007-07-31
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ROWE, Margaret resigned
director
2005-09-28
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WILD, Jesse resigned
director
2003-09-19
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GRICE, Joanna Louise, Dr resigned
director
2003-04-01
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ADERYN, Diane appointed
director
2003-02-04
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HAZELL, James Robert Temple resigned
director
2003-02-04
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HAZELL, Kathleen Mary Frances resigned
director
2002-03-07
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WILD, Jesse appointed
director
2001-02-05
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LAURENCE, Charlotte Hester, Dr appointed
director
2001-02-05
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LAURENCE, Charlotte Hester, Dr appointed
secretary
2000-10-10
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MARNOCH, Jean Ann resigned
director
2000-10-10
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WARD, Cullen resigned
director
2000-10-02
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GRICE, Joanna Louise, Dr appointed
director
2000-08-12
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DURRANT, Lynne Dianne resigned
secretary
2000-08-12
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DURRANT, Lynne Dianne resigned
director
1998-07-01
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LINDSAY, Gilly resigned
director
1998-07-01
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MARNOCH, Jean Ann appointed
director
1998-07-01
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WARD, Cullen appointed
director

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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

-4 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 69 — 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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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14 CAROLINE BUILDINGS BATH MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 13600602 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
14 CLARENDON ROAD LIMITED→ 02285859 · est 1988 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	37y	—	—
14 EDWARD STREET BATH (MANAGEMENT) COMPANY LIMITED→ 02850826 · est 1993 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	32y	—	—
14 JOHNSTONE STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 04142336 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	—	—
14 MORTIMER ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 01452243 · est 1979 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	46y	—	—
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

65 South Wraxall

Bradford-On-Avon

BA15 2SE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (4 active · 20 resigned)

ADERYN, Diane→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAURENCE, Charlotte Hester, Dr→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-02-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCMULLAN, Louise Marie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2017-11-05

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Active

MERRETT, Bradley Peter→

director · ~55y · appointed 2010-12-01

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Active

BLOCK MANAGEMENT, Easton Bevins→

secretary · appointed 2020-09-23 · resigned 2022-09-14

Resigned

DURRANT, Lynne Dianne→

secretary · resigned 2000-08-12

Resigned

LAURENCE, Charlotte Hester, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2020-09-23

Resigned

BRICE, Trevor Harold→

director · ~81y · appointed 2012-01-11 · resigned 2012-12-01

Resigned

COPPEN, Rosamund→

director · ~78y · appointed 2010-12-01 · resigned 2013-06-01

Resigned

DURRANT, Lynne Dianne→

director · ~70y · resigned 2000-08-12

Resigned

GRICE, Joanna Louise, Dr→

director · ~53y · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2003-09-19

Resigned

HALL, Ludmilla→

director · ~65y · resigned 1993-10-31

Resigned

HALL, Steven Kevin→

director · ~65y · resigned 1993-10-31

Resigned

HAZELL, James Robert Temple→

director · ~99y · resigned 2003-02-04

Resigned

HAZELL, Kathleen Mary Frances→

director · ~98y · resigned 2003-02-04

Resigned

JONES, David Gwynne→

director · ~64y · appointed 2014-12-01 · resigned 2017-11-05

Resigned

KING, Terry→

director · ~78y · resigned 1997-09-19

Resigned

LINDSAY, Gilly→

director · ~73y · resigned 1998-07-01

Resigned

MARNOCH, Jean Ann→

director · ~69y · appointed 1998-07-01 · resigned 2000-10-10

Resigned

ROWE, Margaret→

director · ~88y · resigned 2007-07-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (129 total)

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2025-09-24

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2025-06-06

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2024-12-03

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2024-09-16

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2023-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-26

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officers · TM02

2022-09-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-09-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-09-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-09-06

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accounts · AA

2022-06-20

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-24