20 GARLANDS ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02026871 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-06-10

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

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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (37/100)

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

Lenders & charges

No charge records returned

Directors & officers

12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSC data returned

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

No filing history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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ATKINSON, Jeffrey resigned
director
2024-01-09
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ATKINSON, Jeffrey appointed
director
2023-12-19
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SIMS, Jago appointed
director
2023-09-08
➖
ATKINSON, Jeffrey resigned
secretary
2023-09-08
➖
ATKINSON, Jeffrey resigned
director
2007-12-19
➕
ATKINSON, Jeffrey appointed
secretary
2007-12-18
➖
PHILLIPS, Priscilla Junia resigned
secretary
2007-12-18
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PHILLIPS, Priscilla Junia resigned
director
2004-02-12
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ATKINSON, Jeffrey appointed
director
2003-12-22
➖
HILLIER, Jane resigned
director
2003-12-22
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PHILLIPS, Priscilla Junia appointed
director
1999-05-26
➕
BROWN, Andrew John appointed
director
1999-05-26
➖
HOWELL, Kathryn Margaret resigned
secretary
1999-05-26
➕
PHILLIPS, Priscilla Junia appointed
secretary
1999-05-26
➖
HOWELL, Brett resigned
director
1997-01-06
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BRISTOW, Christopher Stuart Guy resigned
secretary
1997-01-06
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HOWELL, Kathryn Margaret appointed
secretary
1995-09-24
➕
HOWELL, Brett appointed
director
1995-09-24
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SAINES, Nicholas resigned
director
1986-06-10
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Company incorporated
As 20 GARLANDS ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 72 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 27 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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