235 ELGIN AVENUE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02518797 · ltd · incorporated 1990-07-05

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£10.8k

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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

21 officers (6 active, 21 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

125 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,826

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£408

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£11k

↑ 5.7% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↓ 1.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£13.9k	£13.4k
Current assets	£6.9k	£7.0k
Cash	£408	£530
Debtors	£6.5k	£6.5k
Net assets	£10.8k	£10.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-07-10
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GUINNESS, Lorna, Dr resigned
secretary
2025-07-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
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officers · TM02
2025-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-01
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GALBRAITH, Rodney appointed
secretary
2024-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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NEWTON, Ian Charles Urquhart resigned
director
2019-06-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-07-04
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NEWTON, Ian Charles Urquhart appointed
director
2018-06-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-06-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-06-13
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officers · AP01
2018-06-01
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DAVIES, Hamish appointed
director
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-06-30
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GALBRAITH, Rodney Nicholas appointed
director
2017-06-30
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GALBRAITH (DR), Alan William resigned
director
2017-06-20
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GUINNESS, Lorna, Dr appointed
director
2017-06-20
➖
NEWTON, Ian Charles Urquhart resigned
secretary
2017-06-20
➖
GUINNESS, Lorna resigned
director
2017-06-17
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SHAKESPEARE, Katarina Elizabeth June resigned
director
2017-04-20
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GUINNESS, Lorna, Dr appointed
secretary
2004-10-01
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SHAKESPEARE, Katarina Elizabeth June appointed
director
2004-10-01
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WAIGHT, Eliott resigned
director
2002-08-15
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ALIZADEM IRANI, Ali appointed
director
2000-08-10
➖
HOLLISTER, Megan Louise resigned
secretary
2000-08-10
➕
NEWTON, Ian Charles Urquhart appointed
secretary
2000-08-10
➕
GUINNESS, Lorna appointed
director
2000-08-10
➖
HOLLISTER, Megan Louise resigned
director
2000-08-10
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WAIGHT, Eliott appointed
director
1999-10-29
➖
STERN, Kristina Anne, Dr resigned
secretary
1999-10-29
➖
STERN, Kristina Anne, Dr resigned
director
1997-08-13
➕
HOLLISTER, Megan Louise appointed
secretary
1997-08-13
➖
NEWTON (DR), Sally Eelin resigned
secretary
1997-08-01
➕
STERN, Kristina Anne, Dr appointed
secretary
1996-02-16
➖
FREEMAN, Peter John resigned
director
1996-02-16
➕
STERN, Kristina Anne, Dr appointed
director
1994-09-01
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FREEMAN, Peter John appointed
director
1994-08-31
➖
HUGHES, Danica resigned
director
1993-12-22
➖
BUCKNELL, Jacqueline Mary resigned
director
1993-12-22
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HOLLISTER, Megan Louise appointed
director
1990-07-05
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Company incorporated
As 235 ELGIN AVENUE 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Lorna Guinness Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	29/06/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Charles Urquhart Newtonceased 29/06/2018· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-07-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Prydis Accounts Ltd

20 Henver Road

Newquay

Cornwall

TR7 3BJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-11

Last: 2025-06-27