102 LEXHAM GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01714766 · ltd · incorporated 1983-04-13
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
131 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-01-12
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    MACKENZIE, Robert Douglas resigned
    director
  8. 2024-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-01-08
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    SELLERS, David Louis appointed
    director
  10. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-09-18
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    BAUER, Stuart resigned
    director
  16. 2020-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2019-02-28
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    BLENHEIMS ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-04-01
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    BLENHEIMS ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2013-03-31
    ➖
    WESTHEAD, John Anthony resigned
    secretary
  24. 2012-03-28
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    MACKENZIE, Robert Douglas appointed
    director
  25. 2005-11-14
    ➕
    SPANO, Steven Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 2005-09-16
    ➖
    TUTCHER, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  27. 2005-09-16
    ➕
    WESTHEAD, John Anthony appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-09-16
    ➖
    TUTCHER, Stephen resigned
    director
  29. 2002-04-19
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    MCLAUCHLAN, Kathleen Anne resigned
    director
  30. 2002-04-16
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    BAUER, Stuart appointed
    director
  31. 1996-05-20
    ➕
    MCLAUCHLAN, Kathleen Anne appointed
    director
  32. 1996-05-01
    ➖
    FORBES, Penelope Virginia resigned
    director
  33. 1991-09-10
    ➖
    HORNUNG, Charles Stephen resigned
    director
  34. 1983-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 102 LEXHAM GARDENS 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

The Courtyard Shoreham Road
Upper Beeding
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3TN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

SELLERS, David Louis→
director · ~79y · appointed 2024-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPANO, Steven Anthony→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TUTCHER, Stephen→
secretary · resigned 2005-09-16
Resigned
WESTHEAD, John Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-16 · resigned 2013-03-31
Resigned
BLENHEIMS ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-04-01 · resigned 2019-02-28
Resigned
BAUER, Stuart→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-04-16 · resigned 2020-09-18
Resigned
FORBES, Penelope Virginia→
director · ~80y · resigned 1996-05-01
Resigned
HORNUNG, Charles Stephen→
director · ~65y · resigned 1991-09-10
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Robert Douglas→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-03-28 · resigned 2024-01-12
Resigned
MCLAUCHLAN, Kathleen Anne→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-05-20 · resigned 2002-04-19
Resigned
TUTCHER, Stephen→
director · ~77y · resigned 2005-09-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (131 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22