74 CORNWALL GARDENS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01579651 · ltd · incorporated 1981-08-12
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 2026
Net worth
£120
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
128 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £120

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£120
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£24£48£72£96£120Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£6.7k£6.7k
Net assets£120£120

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-14
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-12
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  4. 2023-11-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-22
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  6. 2023-03-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-12-09
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  11. 2018-10-08
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  12. 2017-11-14
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  13. 2016-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-22
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    WANG, Michael Siao-Siong appointed
    director
  16. 2014-09-19
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    MELANO, Marco Maria resigned
    director
  17. 2013-07-31
    ➖
    BATES, Peter John resigned
    director
  18. 2013-04-05
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    MELANO, Marco Maria appointed
    director
  19. 2005-02-01
    ➖
    DALY, Shane Francis resigned
    director
  20. 2003-10-23
    ➕
    BATES, Peter John appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-20
    ➖
    TONG, Louise Elizabeth resigned
    director
  22. 2001-10-09
    ➕
    LESTER, Alan Nicholas appointed
    director
  23. 2000-03-16
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    FOSTER-BROWN, Mark Wentworth resigned
    director
  24. 2000-03-16
    ➕
    TONG, Louise Elizabeth appointed
    director
  25. 1999-05-27
    ➕
    DALY, Shane Francis appointed
    director
  26. 1999-03-19
    ➖
    CORNWALL, Shira Marissa resigned
    director
  27. 1995-05-06
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    CORNWALL, Shira Marissa appointed
    director
  28. 1995-04-21
    ➖
    BROMLEY, Geoffrey Ian Kenneth resigned
    director
  29. 1981-08-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 74 CORNWALL GARDENS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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
Incorporated1981-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Malt Barn Cottage
Weavers Hill
Angmering
West Sussex
BN16 4BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

ABLESAFE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary
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Active
LESTER, Alan Nicholas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-10-09
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Active
WANG, Michael Siao-Siong→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATES, Peter John→
director · ~92y · appointed 2003-10-23 · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned
BROMLEY, Geoffrey Ian Kenneth→
director · ~71y · resigned 1995-04-21
Resigned
CORNWALL, Shira Marissa→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-05-06 · resigned 1999-03-19
Resigned
DALY, Shane Francis→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-05-27 · resigned 2005-02-01
Resigned
FOSTER-BROWN, Mark Wentworth→
director · ~62y · resigned 2000-03-16
Resigned
MELANO, Marco Maria→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2014-09-19
Resigned
TONG, Louise Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-03-16 · resigned 2002-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (128 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08