SUSSEX GARDENS (221-235) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01566938 · ltd · incorporated 1981-06-09
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 Mar 2025
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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
124 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-242024-03-24
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-19
    ➕
    JTC (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2023-01-19
    ➖
    DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2023-01-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-01-19
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  9. 2023-01-19
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    address · AD01
  10. 2022-02-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-01-24
    ➕
    WHYTE, Laura appointed
    director
  13. 2022-01-24
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    MCKEOWN, Mark resigned
    director
  14. 2021-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2007-12-18
    ➕
    MCKEOWN, Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2007-10-26
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    CLARK, Paul Richard resigned
    director
  23. 2007-07-05
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    JONES, Rosemarie Bernadette Katherine appointed
    director
  24. 2007-07-05
    ➖
    BROWN, Andrew Charles resigned
    director
  25. 2005-01-01
    ➕
    CLARK, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2005-01-01
    ➖
    TUCKETT, Geoffrey Nigel resigned
    director
  27. 1998-02-27
    ➕
    BROWN, Andrew Charles appointed
    director
  28. 1998-02-27
    ➖
    MANDERS, Michele Anne resigned
    director
  29. 1994-02-07
    ➕
    MANDERS, Michele Anne appointed
    director
  30. 1994-02-07
    ➖
    RODGER, Margaret Alexandra resigned
    director
  31. 1991-10-31
    ➕
    DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1981-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SUSSEX GARDENS (221-235) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

The Scalpel, 18th Floor
52 Lime Street
London
EC3M 7AF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last made up to: 2025-03-24
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

JTC (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Rosemarie Bernadette Katherine→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHYTE, Laura→
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1991-10-31 · resigned 2023-01-19
Resigned
BROWN, Andrew Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-02-27 · resigned 2007-07-05
Resigned
CLARK, Paul Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2007-10-26
Resigned
MANDERS, Michele Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 1994-02-07 · resigned 1998-02-27
Resigned
MCKEOWN, Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-12-18 · resigned 2022-01-24
Resigned
RODGER, Margaret Alexandra→
director · ~72y · resigned 1994-02-07
Resigned
TUCKETT, Geoffrey Nigel→
director · ~77y · resigned 2005-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (124 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-19
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-01-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05