54 LANCASTER ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02296932 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-15
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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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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
19 officers (7 active, 19 linked, 14 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-242024-01-24
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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  2. 2024-10-18
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  6. 2020-10-28
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  7. 2019-10-23
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  12. 2015-09-14
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  16. 2014-02-05
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    ROTMAN, Maya appointed
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  17. 2011-03-30
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    DI CRESCENZO, Placida appointed
    director
  18. 2011-03-30
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    MANLEY, Sarah resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-25
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    MANLEY, Sarah appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-27
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    CLEMENTS, Peter Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-07
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    CLEMENTS, Peter Charles appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-31
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    KINZLER, Sandra resigned
    director
  23. 2003-08-31
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    DURDEN, Gary James resigned
    director
  24. 2003-02-26
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    KINZLER, Sandra appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-17
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    HORNE, Trevor John resigned
    director
  26. 2000-11-27
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    THOMAS, Paola Carla appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-02-18
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    ELSEY, Alan David resigned
    director
  28. 2000-02-04
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    HILLY, Paul James resigned
    secretary
  29. 1999-10-14
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    DURDEN, Gary James appointed
    director
  30. 1996-03-09
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    THOMAS, Paola Carla appointed
    director
  31. 1996-03-09
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    CONSTANTINE, Toby resigned
    director
  32. 1995-09-10
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    CONSTANTINE, Toby appointed
    director
  33. 1993-11-01
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    STREETON, Olivia appointed
    director
  34. 1993-10-01
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    MCWILLIAMS, John Ferguson resigned
    director
  35. 1993-08-09
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    NORMAN, Lucy resigned
    director
  36. 1992-11-30
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    HILLY, Paul James appointed
    secretary
  37. 1992-11-16
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    HORNE, Trevor John resigned
    secretary
  38. 1992-11-10
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    HILLY, Paul James appointed
    secretary
  39. 1992-09-15
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    HILLY, Paul James resigned
    secretary
  40. 1992-09-15
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    MARRIS, Selena resigned
    director
  41. 1988-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 54 LANCASTER ROAD LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
Incorporated1988-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Broadmeadow
Drewsteignton
Exeter
Devon
EX6 6QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last made up to: 2025-01-24
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (7 active · 12 resigned)

CLEMENTS, Peter Charles→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-07
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Active
THOMAS, Paola Carla→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-27
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Active
CLEMENTS, Peter Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DI CRESCENZO, Placida→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROTMAN, Maya→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-02-05
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Active
STREETON, Olivia→
director · ~53y · appointed 1993-11-01
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Active
THOMAS, Paola Carla→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-03-09
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Active
HILLY, Paul James→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-30 · resigned 2000-02-04
Resigned
HILLY, Paul James→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-10 · resigned 1992-09-15
Resigned
HORNE, Trevor John→
secretary · resigned 1992-11-16
Resigned
CONSTANTINE, Toby→
director · ~61y · appointed 1995-09-10 · resigned 1996-03-09
Resigned
DURDEN, Gary James→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 2003-08-31
Resigned
ELSEY, Alan David→
director · ~71y · resigned 2000-02-18
Resigned
HORNE, Trevor John→
director · ~75y · resigned 2001-09-17
Resigned
KINZLER, Sandra→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2005-08-31
Resigned
MANLEY, Sarah→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-08-25 · resigned 2011-03-30
Resigned
MARRIS, Selena→
director · ~59y · resigned 1992-09-15
Resigned
MCWILLIAMS, John Ferguson→
director · ~79y · resigned 1993-10-01
Resigned
NORMAN, Lucy→
director · ~62y · resigned 1993-08-09
Resigned

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