BRIDGE CROFT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (ASHBURTON, DEVON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02730471 · ltd · incorporated 1992-07-13
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£8.4k
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,361

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£7k£8kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£8.4k£5.2k
Current assets£8.4k£5.2k
Net assets£8.4k£5.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-18
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  3. 2024-03-24
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  4. 2023-03-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-10-04
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    address · AD01
  9. 2021-04-25
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  10. 2020-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-09-17
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    BARKBY, John resigned
    director
  12. 2019-09-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2018-10-17
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  15. 2017-10-17
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  16. 2016-10-26
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  17. 2008-11-27
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    LARGE, Peter Anthony appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    LARGE, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    LONG, Christopher David appointed
    director
  20. 2008-11-27
    ➖
    KELLY, Hilary Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-11-27
    ➖
    KELLY, Hilary Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2008-11-27
    ➖
    SIMMONS, Sylvia Frances resigned
    director
  23. 1998-10-12
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    KELLY, Hilary Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-10-12
    ➖
    LADD, Eva resigned
    secretary
  25. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    BARKBY, John appointed
    director
  26. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    KELLY, Hilary Anne appointed
    director
  27. 1998-10-12
    ➖
    LADD, Eva resigned
    director
  28. 1998-10-12
    ➖
    MOORE, Brian Ernest resigned
    director
  29. 1998-10-12
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    SIMMONS, Sylvia Frances appointed
    director
  30. 1998-05-01
    ➕
    LADD, Eva appointed
    secretary
  31. 1998-05-01
    ➖
    MCLELLAN, Janet Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  32. 1998-05-01
    ➕
    LADD, Eva appointed
    director
  33. 1998-05-01
    ➖
    MCLELLAN, Janet Elizabeth resigned
    director
  34. 1994-12-15
    ➖
    HEASMAN, Steven resigned
    secretary
  35. 1994-12-15
    ➕
    MCLELLAN, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  36. 1994-12-15
    ➖
    HEASMAN, Terry Stephen resigned
    director
  37. 1994-12-15
    ➕
    MCLELLAN, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    director
  38. 1994-12-15
    ➕
    MOORE, Brian Ernest appointed
    director
  39. 1993-07-13
    ➖
    AL OCEAN LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1993-07-13
    ➖
    TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 1992-07-31
    ➕
    HEASMAN, Steven appointed
    secretary
  42. 1992-07-31
    ➕
    HEASMAN, Terry Stephen appointed
    director
  43. 1992-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGE CROFT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (ASHBURTON, DEVON) LIMITED
  44. 1992-07-13
    ➕
    AL OCEAN LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  45. 1992-07-13
    ➕
    TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
Incorporated1992-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

19 Churchfields Drive
Bovey Tracey
Newton Abbot
TQ13 9QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-27
Last: 2026-07-13

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

LARGE, Peter Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-27
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Active
LARGE, Peter Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-11-27
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Active
LONG, Christopher David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEASMAN, Steven→
secretary · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 1994-12-15
Resigned
KELLY, Hilary Anne→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 2008-11-27
Resigned
LADD, Eva→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 1998-10-12
Resigned
MCLELLAN, Janet Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-15 · resigned 1998-05-01
Resigned
AL OCEAN LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-07-13 · resigned 1993-07-13
Resigned
BARKBY, John→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 2019-09-17
Resigned
HEASMAN, Terry Stephen→
director · ~92y · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 1994-12-15
Resigned
KELLY, Hilary Anne→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 2008-11-27
Resigned
LADD, Eva→
director · ~107y · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 1998-10-12
Resigned
MCLELLAN, Janet Elizabeth→
director · ~76y · appointed 1994-12-15 · resigned 1998-05-01
Resigned
MOORE, Brian Ernest→
director · ~92y · appointed 1994-12-15 · resigned 1998-10-12
Resigned
SIMMONS, Sylvia Frances→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 2008-11-27
Resigned
TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-07-13 · resigned 1993-07-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

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