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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
25 officers (3 active, 25 linked, 15 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
134 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-24
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  3. 2026-01-22
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    BLACK, Anita resigned
    director
  4. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2024-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2021-03-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-01-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-03-02
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    FESSEY, Mark Charles resigned
    director
  13. 2020-01-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2017-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2014-10-01
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    BARTON, Graham Michael appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-10-01
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    LEWIS, Cordelia Jane resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-07-31
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    LEWIS, Cordelia Jane resigned
    director
  21. 2014-07-31
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    SWANN, Lynsey resigned
    director
  22. 2014-07-10
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    CHADWICK-JONES, Diane appointed
    director
  23. 2014-03-31
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    FESSEY, Mark Charles appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-25
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    BLACK, Anita appointed
    director
  25. 2010-03-25
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    SWANN, Lynsey appointed
    director
  26. 2010-02-23
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    BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann resigned
    director
  27. 2010-02-23
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    CURTIS, Amanda Jayne resigned
    director
  28. 2008-10-30
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    BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann resigned
    secretary
  29. 2008-10-30
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    LEWIS, Cordelia Jane appointed
    secretary
  30. 2007-06-05
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    BARTON, Graham Michael appointed
    director
  31. 2007-06-05
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    READING, Suzanne Michele resigned
    director
  32. 2007-05-11
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    LEWIS, Cordelia Jane appointed
    director
  33. 2007-05-11
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    SHAUGHNESSY, Jacqueline Theresa resigned
    director
  34. 2000-04-01
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    HAMSON, Gavin resigned
    director
  35. 1999-02-03
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    CURTIS, Amanda Jayne appointed
    director
  36. 1999-02-03
    ➕
    READING, Suzanne Michele appointed
    director
  37. 1997-11-07
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    SHAUGHNESSY, Jacqueline Theresa appointed
    director
  38. 1997-07-11
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    BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  39. 1997-07-11
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    MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian resigned
    secretary
  40. 1997-07-11
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    BRISTOW, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  41. 1997-07-11
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    MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian resigned
    director
  42. 1997-05-31
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    TURNER, Joyce Pauline resigned
    director
  43. 1995-12-20
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    MAURY, Jean Marc Herve Christian appointed
    secretary
  44. 1995-12-20
    ➖
    WORDLEY, Jason Lee resigned
    secretary
  45. 1995-05-03
    ➕
    HAMSON, Gavin appointed
    director
  46. 1994-07-01
    ➖
    WORDLEY, Jason Lee resigned
    director
  47. 1994-06-30
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    SPURGEON, Gregory Peter resigned
    secretary
  48. 1994-06-30
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    WORDLEY, Jason Lee appointed
    secretary
  49. 1994-06-30
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    SPURGEON, Gregory Peter resigned
    director
  50. 1994-06-30
    ➕
    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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Michael Barton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Diane Chadwick-Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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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
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Active
BARTON, Graham Michael→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-06-05
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Active
CHADWICK-JONES, Diane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-25