APRIL CLOSE RESIDENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02766671 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-11-20
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 Nov 2025
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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-11-22
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    CAPON, Thomas Luke appointed
    director
  6. 2024-11-22
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    HAMMOND, Andrew resigned
    director
  7. 2023-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-24
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    HOOLE, Paul Anthony Francis resigned
    director
  10. 2022-12-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-01
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    HAMMOND, Andrew appointed
    director
  14. 2022-08-30
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    HAMMOND, Leslie resigned
    director
  15. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-09-07
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    HAMMOND, Janice Lilian resigned
    director
  22. 1999-01-12
    ➕
    HOOLE, Linda Mary appointed
    director
  23. 1999-01-12
    ➖
    GOLLIN, David Edgar Francis resigned
    director
  24. 1999-01-12
    ➕
    HOOLE, Paul Anthony Francis appointed
    director
  25. 1994-05-25
    ➕
    TARLING, Lynda Joy appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-05-25
    ➕
    TARLING, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  27. 1994-05-25
    ➖
    ABSALOM, Elizabeth Anne resigned
    secretary
  28. 1994-05-25
    ➖
    ABSALOM, John Robert resigned
    director
  29. 1994-05-25
    ➕
    GOLLIN, David Edgar Francis appointed
    director
  30. 1994-05-25
    ➕
    HAMMOND, Janice Lilian appointed
    director
  31. 1994-05-25
    ➕
    HAMMOND, Leslie appointed
    director
  32. 1992-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As APRIL CLOSE RESIDENTS LIMITED
  33. 1992-11-20
    ➕
    ABSALOM, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    secretary
  34. 1992-11-20
    ➕
    ABSALOM, John Robert appointed
    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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1992-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

2 April Close
Ashtead
Surrey
KT21 1RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

TARLING, Lynda Joy→
secretary · appointed 1994-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAPON, Thomas Luke→
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOLE, Linda Mary→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TARLING, Nicholas John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1994-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABSALOM, Elizabeth Anne→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-20 · resigned 1994-05-25
Resigned
ABSALOM, John Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 1992-11-20 · resigned 1994-05-25
Resigned
GOLLIN, David Edgar Francis→
director · ~81y · appointed 1994-05-25 · resigned 1999-01-12
Resigned
HAMMOND, Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2024-11-22
Resigned
HAMMOND, Janice Lilian→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-05-25 · resigned 2013-09-07
Resigned
HAMMOND, Leslie→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-05-25 · resigned 2022-08-30
Resigned
HOOLE, Paul Anthony Francis→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-01-12 · resigned 2023-11-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02