57 PLAISTOW LANE (BROMLEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02601440 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-15

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£3.5k

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

108 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.

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

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 £3,461

Cash YoY

+208%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↑ 208% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 69% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£3.5k	£2.0k
Cash	£2.1k	£681
Net assets	£3.5k	£2.0k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-08-04
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accounts · AA
2023-10-04
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2022-12-05
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2021-11-15
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2020-12-21
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2019-12-23
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2018-12-11
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2017-12-20
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accounts · AA
2016-11-04
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accounts · AA
2016-04-26
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2015-12-17
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accounts · AA
2015-10-26
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officers · TM01
2015-07-24
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GILLARD, Lee resigned
director
2015-05-09
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-19
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accounts · AA
2012-08-28
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COWIE, George resigned
director
2010-04-15
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PBMC SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-03-22
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CARRINGTON, David Kenneth appointed
director
2010-03-22
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GILLARD, Lee appointed
director
2007-10-01
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PBMC SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-09-03
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-26
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HILLS, Eileen resigned
director
2004-03-16
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COWIE, George appointed
director
2004-03-16
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PERCIVAL, John resigned
director
2003-03-24
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HILLS, Eileen resigned
secretary
2003-03-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-19
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SMITH, Michael Kitson resigned
director
2001-06-05
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HUNT, Steven James resigned
director
1999-05-12
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HILLS, Eileen appointed
secretary
1998-06-30
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HARRIS, Jill Elizabeth resigned
secretary
1997-06-12
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COURT, Michael Russell resigned
secretary
1997-06-12
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HARRIS, Jill Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1996-08-14
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TOWLE, Tegwen Mary resigned
director
1995-06-15
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MANNING, Jan Lisa appointed
director
1995-06-15
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PERCIVAL, John appointed
director
1995-02-14
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BLACKMAN, David resigned
director
1991-04-15
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Company incorporated
As 57 PLAISTOW LANE (BROMLEY) 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-04-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

57 Plaistow Lane

Bromley

Kent

BR1 3TH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-29

Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

CARRINGTON, David Kenneth→

director · ~74y · appointed 2010-03-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MANNING, Jan Lisa→

director · ~62y · appointed 1995-06-15

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Active

COURT, Michael Russell→

secretary · resigned 1997-06-12

Resigned

HARRIS, Jill Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 1998-06-30

Resigned

HILLS, Eileen→

secretary · appointed 1999-05-12 · resigned 2003-03-24

Resigned

PBMC SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2010-04-15

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-24 · resigned 2007-09-03

Resigned

BLACKMAN, David→

director · ~61y · resigned 1995-02-14

Resigned

COWIE, George→

director · ~96y · appointed 2004-03-16 · resigned 2012-08-28

Resigned

GILLARD, Lee→

director · ~44y · appointed 2010-03-22 · resigned 2015-07-24

Resigned

HILLS, Eileen→

director · ~82y · resigned 2004-10-26

Resigned

HUNT, Steven James→

director · ~76y · resigned 2001-06-05

Resigned

PERCIVAL, John→

director · ~68y · appointed 1995-06-15 · resigned 2004-03-16

Resigned

SMITH, Michael Kitson→

director · ~70y · resigned 2001-11-19

Resigned

TOWLE, Tegwen Mary→

director · ~74y · resigned 1996-08-14

Resigned

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