14/16 DRAYTON GREEN ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02181455 · ltd · incorporated 1987-10-20
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£74.3k
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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £74,303
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,917 YoY
Cash YoY
-19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£75k
↓ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£74k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£37k£56k£75k£93kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£74.3k£92.2k
Cash£75.3k£93.3k
Net assets£74.3k£92.2k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-14
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  7. 2021-08-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-30
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  9. 2020-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-12
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  14. 2016-09-26
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  15. 2015-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  16. 2001-10-17
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    DHAWAN, Amit resigned
    director
  17. 2001-06-11
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    SNOWDEN, Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2001-06-11
    ➖
    MURRAY, Goretti Denise resigned
    director
  19. 2001-03-09
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    RIXON, Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2000-02-14
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    DHAWAN, Amit appointed
    director
  21. 2000-02-14
    ➖
    SWEETSER, Peter resigned
    director
  22. 1999-09-30
    ➖
    PACEY, Kevin John resigned
    director
  23. 1997-10-20
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    DINSDALE, Michael James appointed
    director
  24. 1997-10-20
    ➖
    DAVIDSON, Michele resigned
    director
  25. 1997-10-20
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    RIXON, Michael appointed
    director
  26. 1997-10-20
    ➖
    YATES, Debra Jane resigned
    director
  27. 1995-09-28
    ➕
    SWEETSER, Peter appointed
    director
  28. 1995-09-28
    ➖
    WAKELING, David Peter resigned
    director
  29. 1987-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 14/16 DRAYTON GREEN ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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 Michael James Dinsdale
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

2nd Floor Cumberland House
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

DINSDALE, Michael James→
secretary
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Active
DINSDALE, Michael James→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-10-20
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Active
SNOWDEN, Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-06-11
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Active
DAVIDSON, Michele→
director · ~60y · resigned 1997-10-20
Resigned
DHAWAN, Amit→
director · ~57y · appointed 2000-02-14 · resigned 2001-10-17
Resigned
MURRAY, Goretti Denise→
director · ~68y · resigned 2001-06-11
Resigned
PACEY, Kevin John→
director · ~64y · resigned 1999-09-30
Resigned
RIXON, Michael→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-10-20 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned
SWEETSER, Peter→
director · ~60y · appointed 1995-09-28 · resigned 2000-02-14
Resigned
WAKELING, David Peter→
director · ~64y · resigned 1995-09-28
Resigned
YATES, Debra Jane→
director · ~60y · resigned 1997-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (116 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-12