167 WOODSTOCK ROAD (OXFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01920586 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-07
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£23.8k
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 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 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
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 £23,816

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£24k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£10k£14k£19k£24kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£23.8k£23.2k
Current assets£22.8k£22.2k
Net assets£23.8k£23.2k

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    NIXON, Pamela Margaret resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2024-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-14
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-10-18
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    BUSSMANN, Lilly Bella Paloma Circe appointed
    director
  12. 2019-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-11-21
    ➖
    BATE, Barbara Jean resigned
    director
  15. 2018-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-02-19
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    NIXON, Pamela Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2017-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2012-09-03
    ➕
    BATE, Barbara Jean appointed
    director
  21. 2006-04-30
    ➖
    JONES, Philip, Dr resigned
    director
  22. 2005-09-19
    ➕
    NIXON, Ronald appointed
    director
  23. 2005-03-16
    ➕
    NIXON, Ronald appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-03-16
    ➖
    MARKHAM, Simon Edward resigned
    secretary
  25. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    MARKHAM, Simon Edward appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-06-20
    ➖
    PECK, Dennis resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-06-20
    ➖
    PECK, Dennis resigned
    director
  28. 1985-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 167 WOODSTOCK ROAD (OXFORD) LIMITED

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 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 21 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
Dr Helen Jayne Mardon
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/04/2017

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
Incorporated1985-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

167 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 7NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

NIXON, Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUSSMANN, Lilly Bella Paloma Circe→
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NIXON, Ronald→
director · ~88y · appointed 2005-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARKHAM, Simon Edward→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2005-03-16
Resigned
PECK, Dennis→
secretary · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned
BATE, Barbara Jean→
director · ~97y · appointed 2012-09-03 · resigned 2018-11-21
Resigned
JONES, Philip, Dr→
director · ~105y · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
NIXON, Pamela Margaret→
director · ~90y · appointed 2018-02-19 · resigned 2026-03-25
Resigned
PECK, Dennis→
director · ~112y · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15