1 GAISFORD STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01919487 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-05
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,846

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£569£1k£2k£2k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.8k£2.8k
Net assets£2.8k£2.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-02
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    SHEPHERD, Claire Louise resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2007-11-14
    ➕
    ELKIND, Tamara Antonia appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-11-14
    ➖
    FORD, Anna resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    SHEPHERD, Claire Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    FORD, Anna appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    FORD, Anna appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-06-15
    ➖
    MORRISON, David Nicholas resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-06-15
    ➖
    MORRISON, David Nicholas resigned
    director
  24. 2000-08-17
    ➖
    ELKIND, Tamara Antonia resigned
    secretary
  25. 2000-08-17
    ➕
    MORRISON, David Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-08-17
    ➖
    HAYLES, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  27. 2000-08-17
    ➕
    MORRISON, David Nicholas appointed
    director
  28. 1995-06-21
    ➖
    DAVIES, Katharine Margaret resigned
    director
  29. 1995-06-21
    ➕
    HAYLES, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  30. 1985-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1 GAISFORD STREET LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FORD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Tamara Antonia Elkind
Individual · British · DOB 05/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Anna Ford
Individual · Australian · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Claire Louise Shepherd
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1985-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

1 Gaisford Street
London
NW5 2EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

ELKIND, Tamara Antonia→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-14
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Active
ELKIND, Tamara Antonia→
director · ~80y
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Active
FORD, Anna→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-08-01
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Active
ELKIND, Tamara Antonia→
secretary · resigned 2000-08-17
Resigned
FORD, Anna→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2007-11-14
Resigned
MORRISON, David Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-17 · resigned 2002-06-15
Resigned
DAVIES, Katharine Margaret→
director · ~69y · resigned 1995-06-21
Resigned
HAYLES, Jacqueline→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-06-21 · resigned 2000-08-17
Resigned
MORRISON, David Nicholas→
director · ~85y · appointed 2000-08-17 · resigned 2002-06-15
Resigned
SHEPHERD, Claire Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2006-04-01 · resigned 2026-03-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13