C.D.S. WOODLAND GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01808203 · ltd · incorporated 1984-04-12
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
£56.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
17 officers (5 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
123 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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,796
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Net Worth
£57k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£56.8k£55.2k
Current assets£59.5k£56.7k
Cash£24.2k£23.5k
Debtors£34.8k£33.2k
Net assets£56.8k£55.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2024-12-17
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  3. 2024-09-16
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  4. 2024-09-13
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    MOSS, Margaret Helen resigned
    director
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-12-22
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  7. 2021-12-23
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  8. 2021-04-01
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  9. 2021-03-29
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  10. 2021-03-05
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    DOBSON, Andrew Richard resigned
    director
  11. 2020-05-13
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    address · AD01
  12. 2020-05-13
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  13. 2020-05-11
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    RASHID, Rizwana appointed
    director
  14. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2018-10-31
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  16. 2017-12-21
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  17. 2017-03-01
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  18. 2017-03-01
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  19. 2017-02-28
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    BROWN, Duncan James Rae appointed
    secretary
  20. 2016-12-02
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    MAGSON, Janet Lesley resigned
    secretary
  21. 2016-12-02
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    officers · TM02
  22. 2008-11-19
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    LIDDY, Brian Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2004-11-08
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    MAGSON, Janet Lesley appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-11-07
    ➖
    BROWN, Duncan James Rae resigned
    secretary
  25. 2003-06-30
    ➖
    ROSE, Graham George resigned
    director
  26. 1999-09-23
    ➕
    BROWN, Duncan James Rae appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-09-23
    ➖
    CALLIGHAN, Jacqueline Mary resigned
    secretary
  28. 1998-09-23
    ➕
    ROSE, Graham George appointed
    director
  29. 1997-09-01
    ➕
    CALLIGHAN, Jacqueline Mary appointed
    secretary
  30. 1997-09-01
    ➖
    HARRIS, Elaine resigned
    secretary
  31. 1996-06-25
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Nicholas appointed
    director
  32. 1996-04-22
    ➕
    HARRIS, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  33. 1996-04-22
    ➖
    TRIGG, Madeleine Antoinette resigned
    secretary
  34. 1995-11-07
    ➖
    OUTRAM, Elaine resigned
    director
  35. 1993-11-30
    ➕
    MOSS, Margaret Helen appointed
    director
  36. 1993-09-22
    ➖
    THOMAS, Anne resigned
    director
  37. 1992-07-28
    ➖
    CURRELL, Robin Steven resigned
    director
  38. 1992-06-01
    ➖
    SMITH, Francis Martin resigned
    director
  39. 1984-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As C.D.S. WOODLAND GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Laburnum House
Shaw Mills
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 3HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (5 active · 12 resigned)

BROWN, Duncan James Rae→
secretary · appointed 2017-02-28
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Active
LIDDY, Brian Charles→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-11-19
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Active
RASHID, Rizwana→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-05-11
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Active
SMITH, Geoffrey Christopher→
director · ~68y
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Active
THOMPSON, Nicholas→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-06-25
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Active
BROWN, Duncan James Rae→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 2004-11-07
Resigned
CALLIGHAN, Jacqueline Mary→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-23
Resigned
HARRIS, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 1997-09-01
Resigned
MAGSON, Janet Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-08 · resigned 2016-12-02
Resigned
TRIGG, Madeleine Antoinette→
secretary · resigned 1996-04-22
Resigned
CURRELL, Robin Steven→
director · ~68y · resigned 1992-07-28
Resigned
DOBSON, Andrew Richard→
director · ~65y · resigned 2021-03-05
Resigned
MOSS, Margaret Helen→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-11-30 · resigned 2024-09-13
Resigned
OUTRAM, Elaine→
director · ~70y · resigned 1995-11-07
Resigned
ROSE, Graham George→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-09-23 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned
SMITH, Francis Martin→
director · ~70y · resigned 1992-06-01
Resigned
THOMAS, Anne→
director · ~63y · resigned 1993-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (123 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-13