15/25 BUSCOMBE GARDENS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02756996 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-19

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

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year to Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

29 officers (6 active, 29 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

141 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2025-04-03
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accounts · AA
2024-11-01
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address · AD01
2024-10-03
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officers · AP01
2024-09-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-22
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officers · TM01
2024-09-18
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TRUBY, Courtney Ann appointed
director
2024-09-18
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SMITH, Oscar William resigned
director
2024-08-14
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LANE, Philip James appointed
director
2024-08-14
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SADLER, John Harry resigned
director
2024-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-14
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HALL, Dominic appointed
director
2023-04-14
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MILLS, Colin John resigned
director
2022-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-01
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MILLS, Colin John resigned
secretary
2022-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-09
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SANDEY, Christopher resigned
director
2019-04-30
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GINLEY, Matthew Nigel Edward resigned
director
2019-04-30
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SADLER, John Harry appointed
director
2017-07-07
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GINLEY, Matthew Nigel Edward appointed
director
2017-07-07
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SALTER, Craig resigned
director
2015-11-15
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CULL, Rachel appointed
director
2015-11-09
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PHILLIPS, Joanne Marie resigned
director
2015-04-08
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LEYSHON, Helen Louise resigned
director
2015-04-08
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LEYSHON, Matthew John resigned
director
2015-04-08
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SMITH, Oscar William appointed
director
2013-09-18
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MOCK, Tracey appointed
director
2007-03-01
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LEYSHON, Helen Louise appointed
director
2007-03-01
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LEYSHON, Matthew John appointed
director
2007-03-01
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MILLS, Colin John appointed
director
2007-03-01
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SALTER, Craig appointed
director
2006-06-19
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SANDEY, Christopher appointed
director
2005-06-20
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HARTLEY, Sylvia Christine appointed
director
2005-06-20
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HARTLEY, Sylvia Christine resigned
director
2005-06-20
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PHILLIPS, Joanne Marie appointed
director
2005-06-20
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STONE, Hayden resigned
director
2004-12-14
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ALDRIDGE, Jayne Celia resigned
secretary
2004-12-14
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MILLS, Colin John appointed
secretary
2004-12-14
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ALDRIDGE, Jayne Celia resigned
director
2004-12-14
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HARTLEY, Sylvia Christine appointed
director
2004-12-14
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MILLS, Colin John resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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
Ms Rachel Cull Individual · British · DOB 10/1988 · age 38	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/11/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ms Rachel Cullceased 13/11/2019· significant influence
Mr Oscar William Smithceased 18/09/2024· significant influence
Mr Colin John Millsceased 10/10/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated1992-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

27 Old Gloucester Street

London

WC1N 3AX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19