417-425 FINCHLEY ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02751373 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-29
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 closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
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

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
86 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
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    SHORT, Gregor resigned
    director
  3. 2025-06-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-01-23
    ➕
    BRIGHTEN, Roger Gerald appointed
    director
  15. 2017-01-23
    ➕
    KIELY, Adrian George appointed
    director
  16. 2017-01-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-08-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 1993-04-01
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    SHORT, Gregor appointed
    director
  20. 1992-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 417-425 FINCHLEY ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  21. 1992-09-29
    ➕
    BROOK, Stephen Oliver appointed
    secretary
  22. 1992-09-29
    ➕
    FITTER, Ian Paul appointed
    director
  23. 1992-09-29
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1992-09-29
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1992-09-29
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1992-09-29
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Paul Fitter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence01/08/2016

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
Incorporated1992-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

417 Finchley Road
London
NW3 6HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BROOK, Stephen Oliver→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-29
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Active
BRIGHTEN, Roger Gerald→
director · ~75y · appointed 2017-01-23
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Active
FITTER, Ian Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-09-29
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Active
KIELY, Adrian George→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-29 · resigned 1992-09-29
Resigned
SHORT, Gregor→
director · ~71y · appointed 1993-04-01 · resigned 2025-06-25
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-09-29 · resigned 1992-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-02