16/17 MONTAGU SQUARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02075222 · ltd · incorporated 1986-11-18

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£38.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), 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 (69/100)

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

37 officers (8 active, 37 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

169 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £38,819

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£39k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-24	2024-03-24
Total assets	£38.8k	£28.6k
Current assets	—	£39.2k
Debtors	£40.1k	£39.2k
Net assets	£38.8k	£28.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2025-07-21
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officers · AP01
2025-07-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-17
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ELIAS, David Francis Gordon appointed
director
2025-07-17
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DAVIS, Rayhan Robin Roy resigned
director
2025-07-17
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GUNST, Katrien Ann Marijke resigned
director
2025-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-06
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AL-CHALABI, Ferasse appointed
director
2024-06-06
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HICKS, Elizabeth Mary resigned
director
2023-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
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officers · TM01
2022-03-11
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HICKS, John Charles, His Honour resigned
director
2021-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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officers · TM02
2021-06-12
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HICKS, John Charles resigned
secretary
2020-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-17
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officers · RP04AP01
2018-09-18
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2018-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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officers · RP04AP01
2018-05-21
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HICKS, John Charles appointed
secretary
2018-04-06
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AL-CHALABI, Fereshta resigned
secretary
2015-10-12
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DECARTIST (HOLDINGS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2014-01-28
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AL-CHALABI, Fereshta appointed
secretary
2014-01-15
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OSBORNE, Dorothy Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-01-15
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ROBINSON, Yvonne Carol appointed
director
2014-01-14
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AL-CHALABI, Fereshta appointed
director
2013-11-26
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SEDGWICK, Alexander Paul resigned
director
2013-11-18
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GRZYB, Agnieska resigned
secretary
2013-11-18
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CADJI, Laurent Elie resigned
director
2013-06-12
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GRANGER, Caroline Marie Odile appointed
director
2013-06-12
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GRANGER, Simon John appointed
director
2013-06-12
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RAZAK, Mohamed Nazim resigned
director
2012-09-11
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GRZYB, Agnieska appointed
secretary
2012-09-11
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HICKS, Elizabeth Mary resigned
secretary
2012-06-11
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DAVIS, Rayhan Robin Roy appointed
director
2012-06-11
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GUNST, Katrien Ann Marijke appointed
director
2012-06-01
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HATTON, Marion Jennifer, Dr resigned
director
2012-06-01
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WILDEN, John Norris resigned
director
2011-10-18
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CADJI, Laurent Elie appointed
director
2011-09-09
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SEDGWICK, Alastair Robert Masson resigned
director
2010-12-20
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VARLEY, Martin resigned
director
2010-11-11
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RAZAK, Mohamed Nazim appointed
director
2010-09-28
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VARLEY, Martin appointed
director
2010-08-11
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GOLFAR, James Stuart resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

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

-8 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DAVIS, Rayhan Robin Roy resigned 2025-07-17; GUNST, Katrien Ann Marijke resigned 2025-07-17

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-11-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Market House

21 Lenten Street

Alton

Hampshire

GU34 1HG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-25

Last made up to: 2025-03-24

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last: 2025-07-17