21 CHURCH STREET (PETERBOROUGH) MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive

02815648 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-06

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

23 officers (4 active, 23 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 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	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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2026-01-08
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officers · TM01
2026-01-01
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SMEDLEY, Luke Owen resigned
director
2025-01-18
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accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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SMEDLEY, Luke Owen appointed
director
2023-03-13
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officers · AP01
2023-03-11
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ABLE, Emily Alexandra appointed
director
2023-03-11
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officers · AP01
2023-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-07
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COLLIS, Martin Roger resigned
director
2022-08-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-20
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NICHOLSON, Seen Howard appointed
director
2022-05-20
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NICHOLSON, Suzy Jane appointed
director
2022-05-20
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officers · AP01
2022-05-20
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officers · AP01
2022-03-31
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GANNON, Louise resigned
director
2022-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-31
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officers · TM01
2022-02-16
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accounts · AA
2021-03-28
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COLLIS, Martin Roger resigned
secretary
2021-03-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-09-16
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GANNON, Louise appointed
director
2016-09-15
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BLADES, Heather Jean resigned
director
2014-01-27
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COLLIS, Martin Roger appointed
secretary
2012-03-17
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COLLIS, Martin Roger appointed
director
2011-08-22
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ROBINSON, David resigned
secretary
2011-08-22
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ROBINSON, David Royston resigned
director
2008-08-10
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BLADES, Heather Jean resigned
secretary
2008-08-10
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ROBINSON, David appointed
secretary
2004-06-03
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RICHARDSON, John Robert Fraser appointed
director
2004-06-03
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BINGHAM, Kim Duncan resigned
secretary
2004-06-03
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BLADES, Heather Jean appointed
secretary
2004-06-03
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BINGHAM, Kim Duncan resigned
director
2004-02-20
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BLADES, Heather Jean appointed
director
2004-02-20
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ROBSON, John Derek resigned
director
2002-09-20
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BINGHAM, Kim Duncan appointed
secretary
2002-09-20
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BINGHAM, Kim Duncan appointed
director
2002-08-20
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LODGE, Ann resigned
secretary
2002-08-20
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LODGE, Ann resigned
director
1998-11-06
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BATES, Mark Anthony resigned
secretary
1998-11-06
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LODGE, Ann appointed
secretary
1998-11-06
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BATES, Mark Anthony resigned
director
1998-11-06
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ROBSON, John Derek appointed
director
1994-06-02
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BATES, Mark Anthony appointed
secretary
1994-06-02
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BATES, Mark Anthony appointed
director
1994-06-02
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LODGE, Ann appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Robert Fraser Richardson Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	03/03/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Martin Roger Collisceased 07/08/2022· 25-50% shares
Ms Louise Gannonceased 31/03/2022· 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

Incorporated1993-05-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

21 Church Street

Thorney

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE6 0QB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (4 active · 19 resigned)

ABLE, Emily Alexandra→

director · ~29y · appointed 2023-03-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NICHOLSON, Seen Howard→

director · ~63y · appointed 2022-05-20

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Active

NICHOLSON, Suzy Jane→

director · ~69y · appointed 2022-05-20

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Active

RICHARDSON, John Robert Fraser→

director · ~74y · appointed 2004-06-03

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Active

BATES, Mark Anthony→

secretary · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 1998-11-06

Resigned

BINGHAM, Kim Duncan→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-20 · resigned 2004-06-03

Resigned

BLADES, Heather Jean→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-03 · resigned 2008-08-10

Resigned

COLLIS, Martin Roger→

secretary · appointed 2014-01-27 · resigned 2021-03-28

Resigned

LODGE, Ann→

secretary · appointed 1998-11-06 · resigned 2002-08-20

Resigned

ROBINSON, David→

secretary · appointed 2008-08-10 · resigned 2011-08-22

Resigned

NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-05-06 · resigned 1993-05-06

Resigned

NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 1993-05-06

Resigned

BATES, Mark Anthony→

director · ~59y · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 1998-11-06

Resigned

BINGHAM, Kim Duncan→

director · ~55y · appointed 2002-09-20 · resigned 2004-06-03

Resigned

BLADES, Heather Jean→

director · ~75y · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2016-09-15

Resigned

COLLIS, Martin Roger→

director · ~65y · appointed 2012-03-17 · resigned 2022-08-07

Resigned

GANNON, Louise→

director · ~46y · appointed 2016-09-16 · resigned 2022-03-31

Resigned

LODGE, Ann→

director · ~87y · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 2002-08-20

Resigned

ROBINSON, David Royston→

director · ~74y · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 2011-08-22

Resigned

ROBSON, John Derek→

director · ~84y · appointed 1998-11-06 · resigned 2004-02-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-08

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-01-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-01-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-03-01

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-08-07

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-08-07

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-05-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-05-20