56 DUDLEY ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02764048 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-12

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

25 officers (4 active, 25 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

128 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

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	2025-11-30	2024-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2026-06-03
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2025-08-19
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2024-09-11
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2023-07-12
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accounts · AA
2022-07-18
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accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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2021-11-16
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2021-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-16
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officers · TM02
2021-11-16
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officers · TM01
2021-11-16
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officers · TM01
2021-11-16
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officers · AP03
2021-11-16
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officers · AP01
2021-11-16
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officers · AP01
2021-11-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-03
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FAIRCLOTH, Karen appointed
secretary
2021-11-03
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TAYLOR, Oliver Alexander Neville appointed
director
2021-11-03
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WARD, Eve Emmie appointed
director
2021-11-03
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FARROW, Esther Jade resigned
secretary
2021-11-03
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FARROW, Esther Jade resigned
director
2021-11-03
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MACMILLAN, Katherine resigned
director
2021-06-14
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accounts · AA
2020-11-17
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officers · CH01
2020-11-17
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officers · CH03
2019-08-19
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MACMILLAN, Katherine appointed
director
2019-08-08
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GARRARD, Victoria Jane resigned
director
2019-03-05
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FAIRCLOTH, Karen Jane appointed
director
2019-02-17
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FARROW, Esther Jade appointed
secretary
2019-02-17
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POLLARD, Fiona Jane resigned
secretary
2019-02-04
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POLLARD, Fiona Jane resigned
director
2018-10-20
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FARROW, Esther Jade appointed
director
2015-02-15
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GARRARD, Victoria Jane appointed
director
2014-12-31
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MANWARING, Roderick James resigned
director
2012-12-22
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CRITCHLEY, David John resigned
director
2012-12-22
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MANWARING, Roderick James appointed
director
2005-11-10
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CRITCHLEY, David John appointed
director
2005-10-28
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CARE, Jeffrey David resigned
director
2002-10-06
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PETT, Timothy Lawrence resigned
secretary
2002-10-06
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POLLARD, Fiona Jane appointed
secretary
2002-10-06
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PETT, Timothy Lawrence resigned
director
2002-10-06
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POLLARD, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2002-10-03
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CALDER, Michael Robert Allan resigned
director
2002-10-03
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CARE, Jeffrey David appointed
director
2000-04-01
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PETT, Timothy Lawrence appointed
secretary
2000-04-01
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PETT, Timothy Lawrence appointed
director
2000-03-31
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ROSER, Claire Louise resigned
secretary
2000-03-31
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ROSER, Claire Louise resigned
director
1997-04-30
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LAMBERT, Mark Hamilton resigned
secretary
1997-04-30
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ROSER, Claire Louise appointed
secretary

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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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Eve Emmie Ward Individual · British · DOB 11/1939 · age 87	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	03/11/2021
Mr Oliver Alexander Neville Taylor Individual · British · DOB 02/1993 · age 33	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	03/11/2021
Mrs Karen Faircloth Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	05/03/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Miss Katherine Macmillan-Scottceased 03/11/2021· 25-50% shares
Miss Esther Jade Farrowceased 03/11/2021· 25-50% shares
Mrs Fiona Jane Pollardceased 03/02/2019· 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

Incorporated1992-11-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Flat 3, 56 Dudley Road

Tunbridge Wells

Kent

TN1 1LF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (4 active · 21 resigned)

FAIRCLOTH, Karen→

secretary · appointed 2021-11-03

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Active

FAIRCLOTH, Karen Jane→

director · ~54y · appointed 2019-03-05

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Active

TAYLOR, Oliver Alexander Neville→

director · ~33y · appointed 2021-11-03

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Active

WARD, Eve Emmie→

director · ~87y · appointed 2021-11-03

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Active

FARROW, Esther Jade→

secretary · appointed 2019-02-17 · resigned 2021-11-03

Resigned

FAULKNER, David Charles Peter→

secretary · appointed 1992-11-12 · resigned 1996-08-19

Resigned

LAMBERT, Mark Hamilton→

secretary · appointed 1996-11-01 · resigned 1997-04-30

Resigned

PETT, Timothy Lawrence→

secretary · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2002-10-06

Resigned

POLLARD, Fiona Jane→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-06 · resigned 2019-02-17

Resigned

ROSER, Claire Louise→

secretary · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2000-03-31

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-12 · resigned 1992-11-12

Resigned

CALDER, Michael Robert Allan→

director · ~55y · appointed 1996-07-24 · resigned 2002-10-03

Resigned

CARE, Jeffrey David→

director · ~78y · appointed 2002-10-03 · resigned 2005-10-28

Resigned

CRITCHLEY, David John→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-11-10 · resigned 2012-12-22

Resigned

FARROW, Esther Jade→

director · ~38y · appointed 2018-10-20 · resigned 2021-11-03

Resigned

FAULKNER, Karen Melanie→

director · ~58y · appointed 1992-11-12 · resigned 1996-08-19

Resigned

GARRARD, Victoria Jane→

director · ~50y · appointed 2015-02-15 · resigned 2019-08-08

Resigned

LAMBERT, Mark Hamilton→

director · ~65y · appointed 1992-11-12 · resigned 1996-10-31

Resigned

MACMILLAN, Katherine→

director · ~44y · appointed 2019-08-19 · resigned 2021-11-03

Resigned

MANWARING, Roderick James→

director · ~52y · appointed 2012-12-22 · resigned 2014-12-31

Resigned

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