2 ST. ALBANS ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01577108 · ltd · incorporated 1981-07-30

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company 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 (69/100)

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

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

108 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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-01	2024-08-01

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 (40 events)Click to expand

2025-10-03
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2024-10-17
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2023-10-14
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2023-01-19
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2022-05-12
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2021-01-20
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2021-01-19
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officers · TM01
2020-12-09
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CLARKE, Joanne Helen appointed
director
2020-12-09
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DEACON, Maximillian James appointed
director
2020-12-09
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LANDIN, Louise Emma resigned
director
2020-10-16
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2019-10-23
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2018-10-12
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2018-01-18
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2016-08-11
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2016-04-14
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2016-01-13
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2010-09-06
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IAPICHINO, Alex resigned
director
2010-09-06
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LANDIN, Louise Emma appointed
director
2000-10-18
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GRAHAM-HARRISON, Laura Katharine appointed
director
2000-10-18
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DUNKLEY, Sarah Elizabeth resigned
director
2000-04-08
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IAPICHINO, Alex appointed
director
2000-04-08
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READ, Nicholas William Scott resigned
director
2000-04-08
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READ, Tina Jane resigned
director
1998-07-13
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EMAMI, Godsi appointed
secretary
1998-07-03
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READ, Tina Jane resigned
secretary
1998-04-17
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WANG, Zhixing resigned
director
1997-04-17
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EMAMI, Godsi appointed
director
1997-04-17
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READ, Nicholas William Scott appointed
director
1995-08-21
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LASCELLES, Venetia appointed
director
1995-08-01
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LASCELLES, David Richard appointed
director
1994-06-16
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ROBERTS, Catherine Monica resigned
director
1993-06-30
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READ, Tina Jane appointed
secretary
1993-06-30
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HERRON, Michael resigned
director
1993-06-30
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READ, Tina Jane appointed
director
1991-09-27
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DUNKLEY, Edith resigned
director
1991-05-14
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SKOK, John resigned
director
1991-05-14
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WANG, Zhixing appointed
director
1981-07-30
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Company incorporated
As 2 ST. ALBANS ROAD LIMITED

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1981-07-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

2 St Albans Road

London

NW5 1RD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-01

Last made up to: 2025-08-01

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03