ARDMORE LODGE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02013112 · ltd · incorporated 1986-04-23
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
124 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-02
    RUSHTON, Alan resigned
    director
  9. 2020-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-07
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    address · AD01
  16. 2015-08-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-08-19
    JIANG, Nan appointed
    director
  18. 2014-02-04
    Q1 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2014-02-04
    FORD, Anthony resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-08-22
    FAHY, Laurie Edward appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-30
    ACOCK, Nora Pamela resigned
    director
  22. 1994-06-28
    MAPLE, Austin Jack appointed
    director
  23. 1994-03-08
    NORRIS, Walter William James resigned
    director
  24. 1993-08-13
    ADAMS, Lesley Jane resigned
    director
  25. 1993-07-06
    ACOCK, Nora Pamela appointed
    director
  26. 1993-07-06
    RUSHTON, Alan appointed
    director
  27. 1993-02-01
    FORD, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  28. 1993-02-01
    JOHNSTONE, Michael Francis resigned
    secretary
  29. 1993-02-01
    JOHNSTONE, Michael Francis resigned
    director
  30. 1992-12-30
    RANDALL, Jack Denis resigned
    director
  31. 1986-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDMORE LODGE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Thamesbourne Lodge
Station Road
Bourne End
Buckinghamshire
SL8 5QH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last made up to: 2025-01-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

Q1 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-02-04
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Active
FAHY, Laurie Edward
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-08-22
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Active
JIANG, Nan
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-08-19
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Active
MAPLE, Austin Jack
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-06-28
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Active
FORD, Anthony
secretary · appointed 1993-02-01 · resigned 2014-02-04
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Michael Francis
secretary · resigned 1993-02-01
Resigned
ACOCK, Nora Pamela
director · ~96y · appointed 1993-07-06 · resigned 2003-10-30
Resigned
ADAMS, Lesley Jane
director · ~78y · resigned 1993-08-13
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Michael Francis
director · ~82y · resigned 1993-02-01
Resigned
NORRIS, Walter William James
director · ~114y · resigned 1994-03-08
Resigned
RANDALL, Jack Denis
director · ~118y · resigned 1992-12-30
Resigned
RUSHTON, Alan
director · ~96y · appointed 1993-07-06 · resigned 2020-03-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (124 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-03