19 ARUNDEL GARDENS (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01631772 · ltd · incorporated 1982-04-28
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
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  3. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-19
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  12. 2015-12-21
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  13. 2015-11-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2005-09-01
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    JOSEPH, Mozelle appointed
    director
  15. 2005-08-11
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    ELLSMOOR, Jean Isobel resigned
    director
  16. 2001-01-10
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    ELLSMOOR, Jean Isobel appointed
    director
  17. 2000-12-11
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    ELLSMOOR, Brian Arthur Francis resigned
    director
  18. 1996-09-01
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    HUNTER, Ann Shirley, Ms. appointed
    secretary
  19. 1996-09-01
    ➖
    BEARDS, Richard John resigned
    secretary
  20. 1996-09-01
    ➖
    BEARDS, Richard John resigned
    director
  21. 1995-06-26
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    HUNTER, Ann Shirley, Ms. appointed
    director
  22. 1995-06-26
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    GREENLAND, Jennifer Helen resigned
    director
  23. 1982-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 19 ARUNDEL 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Shirley Hunter
Individual · American,British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Michael Pietruskaceased 15/12/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

19 Arundel Gardens
London
W11 2LN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HUNTER, Ann Shirley, Ms.→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-01
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Active
HUNTER, Ann Shirley, Ms.→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-06-26
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Active
JOSEPH, Mozelle→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-09-01
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Active
BEARDS, Richard John→
secretary · resigned 1996-09-01
Resigned
BEARDS, Richard John→
director · ~74y · resigned 1996-09-01
Resigned
ELLSMOOR, Brian Arthur Francis→
director · ~106y · resigned 2000-12-11
Resigned
ELLSMOOR, Jean Isobel→
director · ~102y · appointed 2001-01-10 · resigned 2005-08-11
Resigned
GREENLAND, Jennifer Helen→
director · ~64y · resigned 1995-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24