17 ARUNDEL GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01790322 · ltd · incorporated 1984-02-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 40.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£758
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 40.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
144 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.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £758
Net assets shrinking
Down £1 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Net Worth
£758
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£349£698£1k£1k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£758£759
Current assets£1.6k£1.7k
Cash£1.6k£1.7k
Net assets£758£759

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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Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
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  22. 2022-05-04
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    RUSSELL-HILLS, Victoria Gay appointed
    director
  23. 2022-05-04
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    HARVEY, Phillip resigned
    director
  24. 2017-09-15
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    GRANVILLE, Amelia Alexandra Elizabeth resigned
    director
  25. 2014-09-26
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    PILKINGTON, Arnold Philip resigned
    director
  26. 2013-06-03
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    HARVEY, Phillip appointed
    director
  27. 2012-03-01
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    WILLIAMS, Elaine resigned
    secretary
  28. 2012-03-01
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    WILLIAMS, Elaine resigned
    director
  29. 2004-04-16
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    GRANVILLE, Amelia Alexandra Elizabeth appointed
    director
  30. 2001-07-05
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    DALTREY, Rosie Lea resigned
    director
  31. 2001-06-04
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    RIPPER, Richard Antony resigned
    secretary
  32. 2001-06-04
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    WILLIAMS, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-06-04
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    RIPPER, Richard Antony resigned
    director
  34. 2001-02-19
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    WILLIAMS, Elaine appointed
    director
  35. 2000-08-04
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    HOENIG, Zoe resigned
    director
  36. 1997-02-02
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    OH, Noleen Mei Norh appointed
    director
  37. 1995-07-07
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    RIPPER, Richard Antony appointed
    secretary
  38. 1995-07-07
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    TAYLOR, David Anthony resigned
    secretary
  39. 1995-07-07
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    TAYLOR, David Anthony resigned
    director
  40. 1994-01-03
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    JENKINS, Claire resigned
    director
  41. 1994-01-02
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    DALTREY, Rosie Lea appointed
    director
  42. 1993-11-19
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    PILKINGTON, Arnold Philip appointed
    director
  43. 1993-10-02
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    HOENIG, Zoe appointed
    director
  44. 1993-08-02
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    NEWTON, Catherine Anne resigned
    director
  45. 1992-06-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  46. 1986-01-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank Fur Gemeinwirtschaft A.G.
  47. 1984-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 17 ARUNDEL 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Victoria Gay Russell-Hills
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/05/2022
Noleen Mei Norh Oh
Individual · Singaporean · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Phillip Harveyceased 04/05/2022· 25-50% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

17 Arundel Gardens
London
W11 2LN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

OH, Noleen Mei Norh→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL-HILLS, Victoria Gay→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIPPER, Richard Antony→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 2001-06-04
Resigned
TAYLOR, David Anthony→
secretary · resigned 1995-07-07
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2012-03-01
Resigned
DALTREY, Rosie Lea→
director · ~54y · appointed 1994-01-02 · resigned 2001-07-05
Resigned
GRANVILLE, Amelia Alexandra Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-04-16 · resigned 2017-09-15
Resigned
HARVEY, Phillip→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-06-03 · resigned 2022-05-04
Resigned
HOENIG, Zoe→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-10-02 · resigned 2000-08-04
Resigned
JENKINS, Claire→
director · ~85y · resigned 1994-01-03
Resigned
NEWTON, Catherine Anne→
director · resigned 1993-08-02
Resigned
PILKINGTON, Arnold Philip→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-11-19 · resigned 2014-09-26
Resigned
RIPPER, Richard Antony→
director · ~87y · resigned 2001-06-04
Resigned
TAYLOR, David Anthony→
director · ~70y · resigned 1995-07-07
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Elaine→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-02-19 · resigned 2012-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bank Fur Gemeinwirtschaft A.G.
Legal charge1 property14/01/198605/06/1992

Recent filings (144 total)

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2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-17
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officers · CH01
2024-12-17
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officers · CH01
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
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address · AD01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-31
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2023-07-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-31
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officers · CH01
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