10 MARLBOROUGH BUILDINGS (BATH) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01546133 · ltd · incorporated 1981-02-17

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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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.9k

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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

47 officers (9 active, 47 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

162 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 £1,867

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 31% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↑ 31% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.9k	£1.4k
Current assets	£1.8k	£1.4k
Net assets	£1.9k	£1.4k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand

2025-11-02
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accounts · AA
2025-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-04
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MURPHY, Edmund John Anthony appointed
secretary
2024-11-04
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BRISTOL-MURPHY, Pollyanna resigned
secretary
2024-11-04
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officers · TM02
2024-11-04
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officers · AP03
2024-10-28
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GREENWOOD, Joshua Stephen Thomas appointed
director
2024-10-28
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KUEHNE, Vera appointed
director
2024-10-28
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officers · AP01
2024-10-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-15
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officers · AP03
2024-10-15
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officers · TM01
2024-10-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
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BRISTOL-MURPHY, Pollyanna appointed
secretary
2024-10-11
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LAUGHLAND, John resigned
secretary
2024-10-11
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LAUGHLAND, Emily Ludmilla resigned
director
2023-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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officers · CH01
2022-11-04
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officers · AP01
2022-11-04
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officers · AP01
2022-10-28
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officers · TM01
2022-10-28
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officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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BRISTOL-MURPHY, Pollyanna appointed
director
2022-09-30
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MURPHY, Edmund John Anthony appointed
director
2022-09-30
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MCKIBBIN, Alistair Richard resigned
director
2022-09-30
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MCKIBBIN, Heather Catherine resigned
director
2022-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-03
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officers · AP01
2021-12-03
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TITMUS, Pamela appointed
director
2021-12-03
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CAMPBELL, Sally resigned
director
2011-07-15
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ETHERTON, Derek resigned
director
2011-01-01
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HALES, David Gordon appointed
director
2011-01-01
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HALES, Susan Margaret appointed
director
2010-06-01
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MCKIBBIN, Alistair Richard appointed
director
2010-06-01
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MCKIBBIN, Heather Catherine appointed
director
2010-02-28
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COOPER, Karen Ann resigned
director
2009-10-02
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CAMPBELL, Sally appointed
director
2007-03-01
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FIDLER, Diane appointed
director
2007-02-11
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LAUGHLAND, John appointed
secretary
2007-01-29
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HOLT, Siobhan resigned
secretary
2006-12-01
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LAUGHLAND, Emily Ludmilla appointed
director
2006-12-01
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WORNE, Colette Marie resigned
director
2006-11-30
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GREENWELL, Rory resigned
director
2006-10-26
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DEAN, Andrew Simon Michael resigned
director
2006-10-16
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HOLT, Siobhan appointed
secretary
2006-10-16
➖
VELLEMAN, Deborah Mary resigned
secretary
2006-10-16
➖
WORNE, Colette Marie resigned
secretary

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Edmund John Anthony Murphy Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/11/2024
Mrs Pollyanna Bristol-Murphy Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/10/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew John Laughlandceased 11/10/2024· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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11 CAVENDISH CRESCENT (BATH) LIMITED→ 01444108 · est 1979 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	46y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1981-02-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

10 Marlborough Buildings

Bath

BA1 2LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-13

Last: 2025-12-30