KWB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02355204 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£38.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £38,276
Net assets shrinking
Down £43,596 YoY
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£410
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£38k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£734k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£147k£294k£441k£587k£734kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£78.7k£129.2k
Current assets£734.4k£496.0k
Cash£410£360
Debtors£734.0k£495.7k
Net assets£38.3k£81.9k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2026-02-25
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  3. 2026-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-12-31
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    LENTON, Mark Steven resigned
    director
  5. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-20
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  7. 2023-12-21
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  8. 2022-12-22
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  9. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  12. 2021-02-15
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  13. 2021-02-02
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  14. 2019-12-19
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  15. 2019-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-21
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  18. 2005-11-15
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    WILSON, Lorraine resigned
    director
  19. 2005-03-24
    ➖
    BARRETT, Andrew Martin resigned
    director
  20. 2005-03-01
    ➕
    LENTON, Mark Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    TRIPP, Nigel John appointed
    director
  22. 2001-10-01
    ➕
    BRYCE, John Charles appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-10-01
    ➖
    WELCH, Philip Lloyd resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    WILSON, Lorraine appointed
    director
  25. 2001-03-23
    ➖
    WELCH, Philip Lloyd resigned
    director
  26. 2000-01-01
    ➕
    BARRETT, Andrew Martin appointed
    director
  27. 1999-06-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 1999-03-04
    ➖
    LOCKETT, Mark Richard resigned
    director
  29. 1994-11-30
    ➖
    KNIGHT, Alan Kenneth resigned
    director
  30. 1989-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KWB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Kwb Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kwb Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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KWB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 02355204

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kwb Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark Steven Lentonceased 13/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

C/O Kwb First Floor, Lancaster
House, 67 Newhall Street
Birmingham
B3 1NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

BRYCE, John Charles→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-01
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Active
BRYCE, John Charles→
director · ~73y
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Active
TRIPP, Nigel John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-11-01
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Active
WELCH, Philip Lloyd→
secretary · resigned 2001-10-01
Resigned
BARRETT, Andrew Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-01-01 · resigned 2005-03-24
Resigned
KNIGHT, Alan Kenneth→
director · ~70y · resigned 1994-11-30
Resigned
LENTON, Mark Steven→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned
LOCKETT, Mark Richard→
director · ~65y · resigned 1999-03-04
Resigned
WELCH, Philip Lloyd→
director · ~69y · resigned 2001-03-23
Resigned
WILSON, Lorraine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2005-11-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/06/1999—
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Recent filings (120 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16