857 GARRATT LANE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01946480 · ltd · incorporated 1985-09-11

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£43.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £43,600

Net assets shrinking

Down £53 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£44k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£43.6k	£43.7k
Current assets	£2.5k	£2.1k
Net assets	£43.6k	£43.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-01
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GRANT, Robyn Louise appointed
director
2026-05-01
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SPURWAY, Isabelle Mae appointed
director
2026-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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RIBEIRO, Manuel Ferreira resigned
director
2025-12-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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EVANS, Lauren Clare resigned
director
2024-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-21
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EVANS, Lauren Clare appointed
director
2022-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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CAYGILL, Stephen resigned
director
2020-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-06-01
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FAWKES, Jane Virtue appointed
secretary
2017-06-01
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FAWKES, Nigel Weir appointed
director
2017-06-01
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CAYGILL, Stephen appointed
director
2017-05-31
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RIBEIRO, Manuel Ferreira resigned
secretary
2013-06-06
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HOWELL, Samuel resigned
director
2008-05-18
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HOWELL, Samuel appointed
director
2007-12-10
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GRISORIO, Claudio Carmine Grisorio resigned
director
2002-05-01
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LUTA, Carol Anne resigned
secretary
2002-05-01
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RIBEIRO, Manuel Ferreira appointed
secretary
2002-05-01
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LUTA, Carol Anne resigned
director
2001-02-06
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GRISORIO, Claudio Carmine Grisorio appointed
director
2000-10-08
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FAWKES, Jane Virtue appointed
director
2000-04-03
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GUIMARES, Luis Filipe Ribeiro resigned
director
1999-07-25
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RAPHAEL, Julie Elizabeth resigned
director
1993-01-24
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GUIMARES, Luis Filipe Ribeiro appointed
director
1993-01-24
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MEADER, Michael Phillip resigned
director
1993-01-24
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RAPHAEL, Julie Elizabeth appointed
director
1985-09-11
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Company incorporated
As 857 GARRATT LANE MANAGEMENT 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

-4 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 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Typeltd

Incorporated1985-09-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98100 — Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

101 The Chase

London

SW4 0NR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03