20 DALEHAM GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01902182 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-03
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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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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  3. 2024-03-07
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  4. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-07
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  7. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-10
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-06-01
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    FLETCHER, John Robert, Mr. resigned
    director
  11. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-12
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  13. 2018-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-02-06
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    ELLIS, Raphael William resigned
    director
  18. 2010-11-15
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    DRIVER, Yael appointed
    director
  19. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    FASAL, Jennifer Edith Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    PATEL, Harivadan appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-15
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    FLETCHER, John Robert, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2000-06-14
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    DRIVER, Barry John Bruce appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-06-14
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    ELLIS, Raphael William resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-04-03
    ➕
    WOOTTON, Lindy Ann appointed
    director
  25. 1995-06-17
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    DRIVER, Barry John Bruce resigned
    secretary
  26. 1995-06-17
    ➕
    ELLIS, Raphael William appointed
    secretary
  27. 1990-12-31
    ➕
    DRIVER, Barry John Bruce appointed
    secretary
  28. 1985-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 DALEHAM GARDENS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry John Bruce Driver
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/06/2016

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
Incorporated1985-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

20 Daleham Gardens
London
NW3 5DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last: 2026-06-17

Officers (6 active · 4 resigned)

DRIVER, Barry John Bruce→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-14
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Active
DRIVER, Barry John Bruce→
director · ~78y
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Active
DRIVER, Yael→
director · ~81y · appointed 2010-11-15
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Active
FASAL, Jennifer Edith Elizabeth→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-11-15
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Active
PATEL, Harivadan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOTTON, Lindy Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRIVER, Barry John Bruce→
secretary · appointed 1990-12-31 · resigned 1995-06-17
Resigned
ELLIS, Raphael William→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-17 · resigned 2000-06-14
Resigned
ELLIS, Raphael William→
director · ~85y · resigned 2013-02-06
Resigned
FLETCHER, John Robert, Mr.→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2020-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18