60 PENYSTON MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02576138 · ltd · incorporated 1991-01-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

25 officers (3 active, 25 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand

2026-01-24
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officers · TM01
2026-01-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-22
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BLACK, Anita resigned
director
2025-09-19
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accounts · AA
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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FESSEY, Mark Charles resigned
director
2020-01-24
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officers · CH01
2019-07-24
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accounts · AA
2019-07-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-24
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accounts · AA
2014-10-01
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BARTON, Graham Michael appointed
secretary
2014-10-01
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LEWIS, Cordelia Jane resigned
secretary
2014-07-31
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LEWIS, Cordelia Jane resigned
director
2014-07-31
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SWANN, Lynsey resigned
director
2014-07-10
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CHADWICK-JONES, Diane appointed
director
2014-03-31
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FESSEY, Mark Charles appointed
director
2010-03-25
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BLACK, Anita appointed
director
2010-03-25
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SWANN, Lynsey appointed
director
2010-02-23
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BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann resigned
director
2010-02-23
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CURTIS, Amanda Jayne resigned
director
2008-10-30
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BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann resigned
secretary
2008-10-30
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LEWIS, Cordelia Jane appointed
secretary
2007-06-05
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BARTON, Graham Michael appointed
director
2007-06-05
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READING, Suzanne Michele resigned
director
2007-05-11
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LEWIS, Cordelia Jane appointed
director
2007-05-11
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SHAUGHNESSY, Jacqueline Theresa resigned
director
2000-04-01
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HAMSON, Gavin resigned
director
1999-02-03
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CURTIS, Amanda Jayne appointed
director
1999-02-03
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READING, Suzanne Michele appointed
director
1997-11-07
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SHAUGHNESSY, Jacqueline Theresa appointed
director
1997-07-11
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BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann appointed
secretary
1997-07-11
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MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian resigned
secretary
1997-07-11
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BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
1997-07-11
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MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian resigned
director
1997-05-31
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TURNER, Joyce Pauline resigned
director
1995-12-20
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MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian appointed
secretary
1995-12-20
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WORDLEY, Jason Lee resigned
secretary
1995-05-03
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HAMSON, Gavin appointed
director
1994-07-01
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WORDLEY, Jason Lee resigned
director
1994-06-30
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SPURGEON, Gregory Peter resigned
secretary
1994-06-30
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WORDLEY, Jason Lee appointed
secretary
1994-06-30
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SPURGEON, Gregory Peter resigned
director
1994-06-30
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WORDLEY, Jason Lee appointed
director

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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 60 — 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 60. 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 35 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Michael Barton Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Diane Chadwick-Jones Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ms Anita Blackceased 22/01/2026· significant influence
Mr Mark Charles Fesseyceased 15/03/2020· 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

Incorporated1991-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98100 — Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

3 Dowding Way

Leavesden

Watford

WD25 7GA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 22 resigned)

BARTON, Graham Michael→

secretary · appointed 2014-10-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BARTON, Graham Michael→

director · ~49y · appointed 2007-06-05

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Active

CHADWICK-JONES, Diane→

director · ~60y · appointed 2014-07-10

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Active

BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2008-10-30

Resigned

LEWIS, Cordelia Jane→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-30 · resigned 2014-10-01

Resigned

MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-20 · resigned 1997-07-11

Resigned

RESEIGH, David George→

secretary · appointed 1991-01-23 · resigned 1993-07-30

Resigned

SPURGEON, Gregory Peter→

secretary · appointed 1993-07-30 · resigned 1994-06-30

Resigned

WORDLEY, Jason Lee→

secretary · appointed 1994-06-30 · resigned 1995-12-20

Resigned

BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-01-23 · resigned 1991-01-23

Resigned

BLACK, Anita→

director · ~68y · appointed 2010-03-25 · resigned 2026-01-22

Resigned

BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann→

director · ~54y · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2010-02-23

Resigned

CURTIS, Amanda Jayne→

director · ~62y · appointed 1999-02-03 · resigned 2010-02-23

Resigned

FESSEY, Mark Charles→

director · ~44y · appointed 2014-03-31 · resigned 2020-03-02

Resigned

HAMSON, Gavin→

director · ~55y · appointed 1995-05-03 · resigned 2000-04-01

Resigned

LEWIS, Cordelia Jane→

director · ~44y · appointed 2007-05-11 · resigned 2014-07-31

Resigned

MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian→

director · appointed 1993-11-01 · resigned 1997-07-11

Resigned

READING, Suzanne Michele→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-02-03 · resigned 2007-06-05

Resigned

RESEIGH, David George→

director · ~77y · appointed 1991-01-23 · resigned 1993-07-30

Resigned

SHAUGHNESSY, Jacqueline Theresa→

director · ~65y · appointed 1997-11-07 · resigned 2007-05-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (134 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-01-24

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-01-24