LOVE LANE (TINTAGEL HOUSE) MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02048179 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-08-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
104 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-23
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  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2023-07-04
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  4. 2022-09-12
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  5. 2021-08-20
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  6. 2021-08-12
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    LOWE, Martin William appointed
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  7. 2021-07-26
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  8. 2020-08-05
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  9. 2019-05-22
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  10. 2018-05-29
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  11. 2017-05-25
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  12. 2017-02-13
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  13. 2017-02-11
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  14. 2016-04-28
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  15. 2016-01-21
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  16. 2015-06-16
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  17. 2013-12-02
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    LOVE LANE MEWS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2013-12-02
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    AYRE, Andrew Nicholas resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-05-22
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    AYRE, Andrew Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-22
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    AYRE, Gordon Barrowford resigned
    secretary
  21. 1995-01-26
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    SINCLAIR, Robert resigned
    director
  22. 1995-01-26
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    SINCLAIR, Wendy Joan White resigned
    director
  23. 1995-01-16
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    AYRE, Gordon Barrowford appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-01-16
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    BUTSON, Mark Thomas resigned
    secretary
  25. 1995-01-07
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    AYRE, Andrew Nicholas appointed
    director
  26. 1986-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As LOVE LANE (TINTAGEL HOUSE) MANAGEMENT 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Nicholas Ayre
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
—75–100%75-100% voting26/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1986-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LOVE LANE MEWS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AYRE, Andrew Nicholas→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, Martin William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AYRE, Andrew Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-22 · resigned 2013-12-02
Resigned
AYRE, Gordon Barrowford→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-16 · resigned 2008-05-22
Resigned
BUTSON, Mark Thomas→
secretary · resigned 1995-01-16
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Robert→
director · ~88y · resigned 1995-01-26
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Wendy Joan White→
director · ~86y · resigned 1995-01-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

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2025-07-05
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2025-06-23
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2024-07-08
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2024-06-19
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2023-07-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
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officers · AP01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-05
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2020-07-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-04
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accounts · AA
2019-05-22