16 BRUNSWICK TERRACE (HOVE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01889873 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-02-26
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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
20 officers (2 active, 20 linked, 15 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
140 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 848% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£400£800£1k£2k£2kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Current assets£2.0k£211

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-11-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2022-11-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-11-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-09-08
    SHURLEY, Faye appointed
    director
  14. 2022-09-08
    DEDMAN, Susan resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-09-08
    DEDMAN, Susan resigned
    director
  16. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-05-03
    SHEQEM, Jana resigned
    director
  18. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-01-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2018-06-30
    MOSS, Anne Frances resigned
    director
  23. 2017-11-16
    DEDMAN, Susan appointed
    secretary
  24. 2017-11-16
    MOSS, Anne Frances resigned
    secretary
  25. 2017-05-24
    THAI, Katherine resigned
    director
  26. 2013-06-28
    TIBBS, Philip Raul resigned
    director
  27. 2008-04-20
    DEDMAN, Susan appointed
    director
  28. 2006-05-15
    DAVILLE, Joseph Leslie resigned
    director
  29. 2005-07-17
    TIBBS, Philip Raul appointed
    director
  30. 2004-07-02
    COOPER, Susan Christine resigned
    director
  31. 2003-03-23
    COOPER, Susan Christine appointed
    director
  32. 2002-10-05
    OSTRER, Paul Adrian appointed
    director
  33. 2002-09-12
    FISHER, Judith resigned
    director
  34. 2002-03-24
    SHEQEM, Jana appointed
    director
  35. 2002-03-24
    THAI, Katherine appointed
    director
  36. 2002-02-18
    SHEPHARD, Louise Helen resigned
    director
  37. 2002-01-10
    TAI, Alexander Mark resigned
    director
  38. 2001-03-20
    FISHER, Judith appointed
    director
  39. 2000-02-26
    SHEPHARD, Louise Helen appointed
    director
  40. 1999-07-14
    TAI, Alexander Mark appointed
    director
  41. 1999-06-28
    ROBINSON, Evelyn resigned
    director
  42. 1999-01-16
    MOGRE, Joseph resigned
    secretary
  43. 1999-01-16
    MOSS, Anne Frances appointed
    secretary
  44. 1999-01-16
    MOGRE, Joseph resigned
    director
  45. 1998-03-03
    DAVILLE, Joseph Leslie appointed
    director
  46. 1998-03-03
    MOSS, Anne Frances appointed
    director
  47. 1998-01-28
    DAVENTRY, Philip Alan resigned
    director
  48. 1996-01-06
    DAVENTRY, Philip Alan appointed
    director
  49. 1993-04-01
    MOGRE, Joseph appointed
    director
  50. 1992-01-29
    PARSON-WILLS, Richard resigned
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 80 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1985-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

100 Church Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1UJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 18 resigned)

OSTRER, Paul Adrian
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-10-05
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Active
SHURLEY, Faye
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-09-08
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Active
DEDMAN, Susan
secretary · appointed 2017-11-16 · resigned 2022-09-08
Resigned
MOGRE, Joseph
secretary · resigned 1999-01-16
Resigned
MOSS, Anne Frances
secretary · appointed 1999-01-16 · resigned 2017-11-16
Resigned
PARSON-WILLS, Richard
secretary · resigned 1992-01-29
Resigned
COOPER, Susan Christine
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-03-23 · resigned 2004-07-02
Resigned
DAVENTRY, Philip Alan
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-01-06 · resigned 1998-01-28
Resigned
DAVILLE, Joseph Leslie
director · ~96y · appointed 1998-03-03 · resigned 2006-05-15
Resigned
DEDMAN, Susan
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-04-20 · resigned 2022-09-08
Resigned
FISHER, Judith
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2002-09-12
Resigned
MOGRE, Joseph
director · appointed 1993-04-01 · resigned 1999-01-16
Resigned
MOSS, Anne Frances
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-03-03 · resigned 2018-06-30
Resigned
PARSON-WILLS, Richard
director · ~84y · resigned 1992-01-29
Resigned
ROBINSON, Evelyn
director · ~113y · resigned 1999-06-28
Resigned
SHEPHARD, Louise Helen
director · ~48y · appointed 2000-02-26 · resigned 2002-02-18
Resigned
SHEQEM, Jana
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-03-24 · resigned 2022-05-03
Resigned
TAI, Alexander Mark
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-07-14 · resigned 2002-01-10
Resigned
THAI, Katherine
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-03-24 · resigned 2017-05-24
Resigned
TIBBS, Philip Raul
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-07-17 · resigned 2013-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (140 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-21