20 ST. ANDREWGATE, YORK (MANAGEMENT COMPANY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01702415 · ltd · incorporated 1983-02-24
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2100

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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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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  2. 2025-01-14
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  3. 2025-01-01
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    PICKLES, Martin Robert appointed
    director
  4. 2024-08-13
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  5. 2023-11-08
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  6. 2022-12-13
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  7. 2021-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-20
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    address · AD01
  9. 2021-10-20
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    address · AD01
  10. 2020-11-02
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  11. 2019-10-24
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  12. 2018-10-30
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  13. 2017-11-29
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  14. 2016-12-13
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  15. 2016-01-27
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  16. 2015-12-17
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  17. 2012-05-11
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    JACKSON, Francis, Dr resigned
    director
  18. 2003-01-08
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    WARD, Guy Stephen appointed
    director
  19. 2003-01-08
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    BROWN, Freya resigned
    director
  20. 2000-01-09
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    WARD, Guy Stephen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-01-09
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    PARKER, Richard James resigned
    secretary
  22. 1998-01-08
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    BROWN, Freya resigned
    secretary
  23. 1998-01-08
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    PARKER, Richard James appointed
    secretary
  24. 1992-07-19
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    BROWN, Freya appointed
    secretary
  25. 1992-07-19
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    BROWNSTEIN, Harold Leonard resigned
    secretary
  26. 1992-07-19
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    BROWNSTEIN, Harold Leonard resigned
    director
  27. 1983-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 ST. ANDREWGATE, YORK (MANAGEMENT COMPANY) 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 69. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Guy Stephen Ward
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

26 St. Saviourgate
York
YO1 8NN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

WARD, Guy Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-09
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Active
PICKLES, Martin Robert→
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-01-01
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Active
WARD, Guy Stephen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Freya→
secretary · appointed 1992-07-19 · resigned 1998-01-08
Resigned
BROWNSTEIN, Harold Leonard→
secretary · resigned 1992-07-19
Resigned
PARKER, Richard James→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-08 · resigned 2000-01-09
Resigned
BROWN, Freya→
director · ~98y · resigned 2003-01-08
Resigned
BROWNSTEIN, Harold Leonard→
director · ~99y · resigned 1992-07-19
Resigned
JACKSON, Francis, Dr→
director · ~109y · resigned 2012-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02