1 SYDNEY ROAD (EXETER) NO.2 MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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02309809 · ltd · incorporated 1988-10-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-20
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-06-25
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  6. 2021-01-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-01-27
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-01-27
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  9. 2021-01-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-10-01
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    BARKER, Fiona Ann resigned
    director
  11. 2020-10-01
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    DURBIN, Jonathan Andrew resigned
    director
  12. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2019-05-28
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  14. 2019-03-29
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  15. 2018-06-27
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-06-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-06-27
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    address · AD01
  18. 2018-06-15
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    HALSTEAD, David Gordon resigned
    director
  19. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-02-15
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    HOLDING, Marianna Judit appointed
    director
  21. 2017-02-15
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    BARKER, Fiona Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2017-02-15
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    DURBIN, Jonathan Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2014-03-24
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    HALSTEAD, Jody Tamara resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-11-01
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    HALSTEAD, Jody Tamara appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-10-29
    ➖
    REW, Sebastian Paul Benjamin resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-10-29
    ➖
    BARRATT, Susan Verity resigned
    director
  27. 2004-10-29
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    HALSTEAD, David Gordon appointed
    director
  28. 2004-10-29
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    PEDDER, Christopher resigned
    director
  29. 2004-04-01
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    CLARKE, Michael Allan resigned
    secretary
  30. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    REW, Sebastian Paul Benjamin appointed
    secretary
  31. 2004-04-01
    ➖
    CLARKE, Michael Allan resigned
    director
  32. 2004-04-01
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    PEDDER, Christopher appointed
    director
  33. 2003-06-26
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    BARRATT, Susan Verity appointed
    director
  34. 2003-06-25
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Michael Andrew resigned
    director
  35. 2001-08-20
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    JOHNSON, Michael Andrew appointed
    director
  36. 2001-08-03
    ➖
    PHILLIPSON, Peter William resigned
    director
  37. 1999-02-05
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    PHILLIPSON, Peter William appointed
    director
  38. 1999-02-05
    ➖
    POPE, Jeremy James Richard resigned
    director
  39. 1988-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 SYDNEY ROAD (EXETER) NO.2 MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Marianna Judit Holding
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Fiona Ann Barkerceased 01/10/2020· significant influence
  • Mr Jonathan Andrew Durbinceased 01/10/2020· significant influence
  • Mr David Gordon Halsteadceased 15/06/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated1988-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

23 Brookside Crescent
Exeter
EX4 8NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

HOLDING, Marianna Judit→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Michael Allan→
secretary · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
HALSTEAD, Jody Tamara→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2014-03-24
Resigned
REW, Sebastian Paul Benjamin→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2004-10-29
Resigned
BARKER, Fiona Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-02-15 · resigned 2020-10-01
Resigned
BARRATT, Susan Verity→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-06-26 · resigned 2004-10-29
Resigned
CLARKE, Michael Allan→
director · ~80y · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
DURBIN, Jonathan Andrew→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-02-15 · resigned 2020-10-01
Resigned
HALSTEAD, David Gordon→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-10-29 · resigned 2018-06-15
Resigned
JOHNSON, Michael Andrew→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-08-20 · resigned 2003-06-25
Resigned
PEDDER, Christopher→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2004-10-29
Resigned
PHILLIPSON, Peter William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-02-05 · resigned 2001-08-03
Resigned
POPE, Jeremy James Richard→
director · ~83y · resigned 1999-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (116 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-27