18 OXFORD ROAD, EXETER, MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01699044 · ltd · incorporated 1983-02-14

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

129 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-25	2024-06-25

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-20
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BENHADDA, Yazid appointed
director
2022-05-20
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PETRIE, Hannah Stephanie resigned
director
2022-05-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-17
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elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2020-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2019-06-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-07-20
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BEARDSHALL, Phoebe Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-11-29
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PETRIE, Hannah Stephanie appointed
director
2016-11-29
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RUSBRIDGE, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
2016-10-14
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HELSING, Nicholas Andrew Angus appointed
director
2016-10-14
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FINNEGAN, Margaret Ann resigned
director
2015-02-06
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RUSBRIDGE, Jonathan Mark appointed
director
2015-02-06
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WAINWRIGHT, Josie Marie resigned
director
2012-02-02
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PAGE-THOMAS, Barry Glyn resigned
secretary
2011-12-02
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HELSING, Cathy appointed
secretary
2008-06-14
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HELSING, Nicholas resigned
director
2007-12-21
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HENSHAW, Pavla resigned
director
2007-12-21
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WAINWRIGHT, Josie Marie appointed
director
2006-04-21
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HELSING, Cathy appointed
director
2006-04-21
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CRAFT, Ursula resigned
director
2006-04-21
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HELSING, Nicholas appointed
director
1997-11-30
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GREENWELL, Thomas William resigned
director
1997-10-31
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FINNEGAN, Margaret Ann appointed
director
1997-06-27
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HENSHAW, Pavla appointed
director
1997-06-27
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TEWES, Sonia resigned
director
1995-09-28
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SHEDID, Abdel resigned
director
1993-10-29
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GREENWELL, Thomas William appointed
director
1993-10-29
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OKEEFE, John resigned
director
1992-06-01
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PAGE-THOMAS, Barry Glyn appointed
secretary
1992-04-12
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VEALE, Elizabeth resigned
director
1992-02-10
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TEWES, Sonia resigned
secretary
1983-02-14
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Company incorporated
As 18 OXFORD ROAD, EXETER, MANAGEMENT CO 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — 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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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

Incorporated1983-02-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

18 Oxford Road Oxford Road

Exeter

EX4 6QU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last made up to: 2025-06-25

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-09

Last: 2025-06-25