DURLSTON CLIFF FLATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01504275 · ltd · incorporated 1980-06-26

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 Jun 2024

Net worth

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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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

37 officers (12 active, 37 linked, 34 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

154 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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2025-11-10
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2025-11-10
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2025-11-06
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2025-10-29
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CAULKIN, Jean Marie resigned
director
2025-08-19
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2025-08-05
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2025-02-05
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2024-10-21
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2024-10-18
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2024-03-13
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2023-11-09
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officers · AP01
2023-11-06
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officers · TM01
2023-10-31
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AGGAS, Lucie Diana appointed
director
2023-03-14
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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WHEELDON, Julia Diana resigned
director
2021-12-24
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2021-04-27
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HUGHES, Thomas appointed
director
2021-04-27
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2021-01-05
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2020-08-10
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POLLARD, John Frederick resigned
director
2020-08-10
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2020-03-17
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LOMAX, Brian David appointed
director
2020-03-17
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SCOTT, David resigned
director
2017-03-11
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LOW, Caroline Mary appointed
director
2017-03-11
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SCOTT, David appointed
director
2016-10-27
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WILKINS BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE, Simon David resigned
director
2016-01-15
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COBB, Robert Charles resigned
director
2015-10-03
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FINIGAN, Susan Marion appointed
director
2015-10-03
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TATTERSALL, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2015-02-27
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DELANEY, Jack Oswald resigned
director
2014-08-05
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BURT, Albert Edward resigned
director
2014-04-07
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ELAM, Ethel May resigned
director
2014-02-15
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MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-01-19
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SWANAGE FLAT MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-11-01
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ELAM, Simon Jonathan appointed
director
2012-11-01
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ELAM, Ethel May appointed
director
2011-10-03
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ELAM, Raymond John resigned
director
2011-09-29
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COBB, Robert Charles appointed
director
2011-09-16
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OLIVER, Linda appointed
director
2011-09-16
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YOUNG, Terry appointed
director
2010-04-30
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DORSEY, Graham Roy resigned
director
2007-11-21
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POLLARD, John Frederick resigned
secretary
2007-11-21
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MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-12-13
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LEWRY, Martin Richard appointed
director
2006-12-13
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ATKINSON, Anne Eleanor resigned
director
2002-10-26
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BURT, Albert Edward appointed
director
2001-12-19
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LINDSELL, Brian Lawrence resigned
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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-06-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

53 High Street

Swanage

BH19 2LT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06