BELL LODGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02349438 · ltd · incorporated 1989-02-17
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£14
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
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
🔒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
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £14

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£14
~ YoY
Current Assets
£13
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3£6£8£11£14Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£14£14
Current assets£13£13
Net assets£14£14

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-28
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    MELLIS, Rachael Mary resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    ALDERTON, Clare Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    MELLIS, Rachael Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    MOORE, James Robert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    CRM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2007-09-10
    ➖
    SCOTHERN, Alistair Graeme resigned
    director
  22. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    WHEATER, Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2007-01-14
    ➕
    CRM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2002-10-17
    ➕
    SCOTHERN, Alistair Graeme appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-16
    ➖
    CRAVEN, Roger resigned
    director
  26. 1998-02-02
    ➕
    CRAVEN, Roger appointed
    director
  27. 1998-02-02
    ➖
    GUTHRIE, Jim resigned
    director
  28. 1997-12-09
    ➕
    MOORE, James Robert appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-12-09
    ➖
    WOODCOCK, Dawn Tracey resigned
    secretary
  30. 1997-02-13
    ➕
    GUTHRIE, Jim appointed
    director
  31. 1997-02-13
    ➖
    WALTON, Edward William resigned
    director
  32. 1989-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELL LODGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
Incorporated1989-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

186 High Street
Winslow
Buckinghamshire
MK18 3DQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

ALDERTON, Clare Margaret→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATER, Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE, James Robert→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-09 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
WOODCOCK, Dawn Tracey→
secretary · resigned 1997-12-09
Resigned
CRAVEN, Roger→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-02-02 · resigned 2002-09-16
Resigned
GUTHRIE, Jim→
director · ~86y · appointed 1997-02-13 · resigned 1998-02-02
Resigned
MELLIS, Rachael Mary→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-03-21 · resigned 2022-01-28
Resigned
SCOTHERN, Alistair Graeme→
director · ~45y · appointed 2002-10-17 · resigned 2007-09-10
Resigned
WALTON, Edward William→
director · ~86y · resigned 1997-02-13
Resigned
CRM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-01-14 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12