1ST PLYMOUTH ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

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01908521 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-04-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 34.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£0
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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
117 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£703£1k£2k£3k£4kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£0£0
Current assets£3.5k£3.1k
Net assets£0£0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  3. 2025-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  4. 2025-01-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-12-11
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    BIGNELL, Dennis Robert appointed
    director
  7. 2024-12-11
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    WALSINGHAM, Sandra Jane appointed
    director
  8. 2024-12-11
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    SHERRELL, Ellen resigned
    director
  9. 2024-12-11
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    TRANTER, Sarah resigned
    director
  10. 2024-11-13
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    HADDON, Peter resigned
    secretary
  11. 2024-11-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
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  12. 2024-11-13
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  13. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2023-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
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  16. 2022-09-24
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  17. 2022-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
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  18. 2021-09-13
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  19. 2020-12-30
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  20. 2019-09-23
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  21. 2018-08-29
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  22. 2014-12-15
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    BOUCHER, Terence Desmond resigned
    director
  23. 2011-08-09
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    BURBIDGE, Sandra resigned
    director
  24. 2011-08-09
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    TRANTER, Sarah appointed
    director
  25. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    HADDON, Peter appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-11-27
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    SHERRELL, Ellen resigned
    secretary
  27. 1999-07-07
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    SHERRELL, Ellen appointed
    director
  28. 1998-11-10
    ➕
    BURBIDGE, Sandra appointed
    director
  29. 1998-05-11
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    CHING, Terence Edward Pyne resigned
    director
  30. 1996-05-13
    ➕
    BOUCHER, Terence Desmond appointed
    director
  31. 1995-05-22
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    BIRCH, Lisa Dawn resigned
    director
  32. 1995-05-22
    ➖
    HANCOCK, Albert Ernest resigned
    director
  33. 1994-09-26
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    OCONNELL, Paul William resigned
    director
  34. 1993-09-03
    ➕
    BIRCH, Lisa Dawn appointed
    director
  35. 1993-09-03
    ➖
    GRIFFIN, Joan Kathleen resigned
    director
  36. 1993-09-03
    ➕
    HANCOCK, Albert Ernest appointed
    director
  37. 1991-10-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Mcinerney Development Limited
  38. 1985-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST PLYMOUTH ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Incorporated1985-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

C/O Tuffin & Co Property Management Ltd 6 & 8 Drake Circus
Drake Circus
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

BIGNELL, Dennis Robert→
director · ~83y · appointed 2024-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALSINGHAM, Sandra Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-12-11
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Active
HADDON, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-27 · resigned 2024-11-13
Resigned
SHERRELL, Ellen→
secretary · resigned 2006-11-27
Resigned
BIRCH, Lisa Dawn→
director · ~56y · appointed 1993-09-03 · resigned 1995-05-22
Resigned
BOUCHER, Terence Desmond→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-05-13 · resigned 2014-12-15
Resigned
BURBIDGE, Sandra→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-11-10 · resigned 2011-08-09
Resigned
CHING, Terence Edward Pyne→
director · ~94y · resigned 1998-05-11
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Joan Kathleen→
director · ~107y · resigned 1993-09-03
Resigned
HANCOCK, Albert Ernest→
director · ~99y · appointed 1993-09-03 · resigned 1995-05-22
Resigned
OCONNELL, Paul William→
director · ~63y · resigned 1994-09-26
Resigned
SHERRELL, Ellen→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-07-07 · resigned 2024-12-11
Resigned
TRANTER, Sarah→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-08-09 · resigned 2024-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Mcinerney Development
Mcinerney Development Limited
Legal charge1 property08/10/1991—
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Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-24