ST JOHN'S COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (WELLS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01625953 · ltd · incorporated 1982-03-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 43.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£9
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 43.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
31 officers (3 active, 31 linked, 25 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
167 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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.
See pricing →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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £9
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£9
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 150% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9 | £9 |
| Current assets | £2.3k | £911 |
| Net assets | £9 | £9 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-09-17➖BARTUCCA, Susan resigneddirector
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-24➕BARTUCCA, Susan appointeddirector
- 2024-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-12➖BRITTON, Robert Clive resigneddirector
- 2022-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-07-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-03📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2019-09-01➕ALPHA HOUSING SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-08-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-19➖MOSBY, Yvonne resigneddirector
- 2019-07-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-05-09➕PALMER, Tony John appointeddirector
- 2019-05-09➕SMART, Nigel Martin appointeddirector
- 2019-05-09➕BRITTON, Robert Clive appointeddirector
- 2019-04-29➖WEBB, Derek Michael resigneddirector
- 2019-04-29➖WILLIAMSON, Anthony resigneddirector
- 2018-05-08➕WEBB, Derek Michael appointeddirector
- 2018-04-23➖SMART, Nigel resigneddirector
- 2017-08-23➖NASH, Stuart Peter Leslie resignedsecretary
- 2016-12-01➖CHADWICK, Michael resigneddirector
- 2016-05-30➕SMART, Nigel appointeddirector
- 2016-05-27➖ANGELINETTA, Helen Ruth resigneddirector
- 2015-05-06➕CHADWICK, Michael appointeddirector
- 2015-05-06➕WILLIAMSON, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2015-04-26➖BRITTON, Robert Clive resigneddirector
- 2015-04-26➖EVANS, Ann Christine resigneddirector
- 2014-12-19➖GANE, Audery Joan resigneddirector
- 2013-05-10➖SHAW, Roderick Brian resigneddirector
- 2013-04-29➕MOSBY, Yvonne appointeddirector
- 2012-11-27➕NASH, Stuart Peter Leslie appointedsecretary
- 2012-11-27➖TARR, James Daniel resignedsecretary
- 2012-07-13➖OSBORNE, Norma Pitt resigneddirector
- 2012-06-29➕ANGELINETTA, Helen Ruth appointeddirector
- 2012-04-20➕GANE, Audery Joan appointeddirector
- 2011-07-15➕SHAW, Roderick Brian appointeddirector
- 2011-06-01➖PALMER, Eileen Margaret resigneddirector
- 2009-07-24➕EVANS, Ann Christine appointeddirector
- 2009-07-24➕PALMER, Eileen Margaret appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 76 events
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
C/O Alpha Housing Services Ltd, 1st Floor 1 Chartfield House
Castle Street
Taunton
TA1 4AS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27
Officers (3 active · 28 resigned)
ALPHA HOUSING SERVICES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2019-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PALMER, Tony John→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMART, Nigel Martin→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2019-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LANG, Thomas Harold→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-12-11 · resigned 1998-03-02
NASH, Stuart Peter Leslie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-11-27 · resigned 2017-08-23
RICHARDS, Doreen Elsie→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1996-10-01
TARR, James Daniel→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-03-02 · resigned 2012-11-27
WESTGATE, David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-10-01 · resigned 1997-09-21
ANGELINETTA, Helen Ruth→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2012-06-29 · resigned 2016-05-27
BARTUCCA, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-05-24 · resigned 2025-09-17
BRITTON, Robert Clive→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2019-05-09 · resigned 2023-06-12
BRITTON, Robert Clive→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2015-04-26
CHADWICK, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2015-05-06 · resigned 2016-12-01
EVANS, Ann Christine→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2009-07-24 · resigned 2015-04-26
GANE, Audery Joan→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · appointed 2012-04-20 · resigned 2014-12-19
LEACH, Cecile Elizabeth Le Mottee→
Resigneddirector · ~106y · appointed 1996-07-26 · resigned 2005-07-08
LEACH, Thomas Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · appointed 1994-06-03 · resigned 1995-06-04
LONDON, Janet Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · appointed 2001-07-13 · resigned 2007-01-10
LONDON, John Frederick Colebrook→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · appointed 1998-08-12 · resigned 1999-07-16
MACDONALD, Joyce→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · resigned 1996-07-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 03/12/1982 | — |
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Recent filings (167 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-07-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-13