123 PRESTON ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02648334 · ltd · incorporated 1991-09-24

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£3

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 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.

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

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-23	2024-03-23
Total assets	£3	£3
Debtors	£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.

🔒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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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2024-12-18
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2024-01-17
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2023-02-23
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accounts · AA
2023-01-29
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officers · AP01
2023-01-02
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BENSON, Jelena appointed
director
2022-03-30
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PRESSLEY, Ryan resigned
secretary
2022-03-30
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GAMBLE, Phillip resigned
director
2022-03-30
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officers · TM01
2022-03-30
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officers · TM02
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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accounts · AA
2019-12-03
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accounts · AA
2019-10-06
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2019-09-23
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2019-08-01
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PRESSLEY, Ryan appointed
secretary
2019-08-01
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GAMBLE, Phillip appointed
director
2019-08-01
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SMITH, Simon James resigned
director
2019-08-01
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officers · AP03
2019-08-01
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2019-08-01
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officers · TM01
2019-01-02
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GILFORD, Gemma appointed
secretary
2019-01-02
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STITSON, Richard appointed
director
2019-01-02
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SMITH, Hanna Ulfsdotter resigned
secretary
2019-01-02
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CROSBY, Richard William John resigned
director
2019-01-02
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officers · TM01
2019-01-02
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officers · TM02
2015-04-26
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SMITH, Hanna Ulfsdotter appointed
secretary
2015-04-26
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SMITH, Simon James appointed
director
2015-04-23
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VAUGHAN, Edwin John resigned
director
2010-07-23
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CROSBY, Richard William John appointed
director
2010-07-23
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IRESON, Richard Robert resigned
director
2003-08-04
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RICKARD, Kevin Landon appointed
secretary
2003-08-04
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VAUGHAN, Carol resigned
secretary
1998-09-02
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PARR, Debora Joy resigned
secretary
1998-09-02
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VAUGHAN, Carol appointed
secretary
1998-05-30
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IRESON, Richard Robert appointed
director
1998-05-29
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WISE, Neil Andrew resigned
director
1997-10-07
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RICKARD, Kevin Landon appointed
director
1997-10-07
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CLARK, Denis John resigned
director
1997-10-07
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HUGHES-KING, Paul resigned
director
1997-10-07
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SAUNDERS, Paul Rickman resigned
director
1997-02-13
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VAUGHAN, Edwin John appointed
director
1994-11-10
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WISE, Neil Andrew appointed
director
1993-11-08
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MATTHEWS, Judith Anne resigned
secretary
1993-11-08
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MATTHEWS, Rex Hilary resigned
director
1993-06-29
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SAUNDERS, Paul Rickman appointed
director
1991-09-24
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Company incorporated
As 123 PRESTON ROAD LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Gemma Gilford Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	23/09/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Simon James Smithceased 06/10/2019· 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

Incorporated1991-09-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

123 Preston Road

Brighton

East Sussex

BN1 6AF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last made up to: 2025-03-23

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30