21 PARK AVENUE SOUTH HARPENDEN MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02437573 · ltd · incorporated 1989-10-30
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
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
94 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
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1£1£2£2£3Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3£3
Net assets£3£3

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-05-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-30
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    TEE, Stanley John resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-24
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-10-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-19
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2000-03-31
    ➕
    HALL, Andrew James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-03-31
    ➕
    SWINGLER, Wendy Lesley appointed
    director
  20. 1999-09-30
    ➖
    PORTER, Christopher David resigned
    secretary
  21. 1989-10-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 21 PARK AVENUE SOUTH HARPENDEN 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 26 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 26 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Hall
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/09/2016
Mrs Wendy Lesley Swingler
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Stanley Teeceased 30/04/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1989-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Tanglewood, 3 Badingham Drive
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 2DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HALL, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-31
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Active
HALL, Andrew James→
director · ~71y
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Active
SWINGLER, Wendy Lesley→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-03-31
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Active
PORTER, Christopher David→
secretary · resigned 1999-09-30
Resigned
TEE, Stanley John→
director · ~96y · resigned 2026-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20