13A PORTOBELLO ROAD MANAGEMENT LTD.

🌳Matureactive

02874994 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-24

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£12

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

19 officers (7 active, 19 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£12	£12
Debtors	£11	£11
Net assets	£12	£12

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2026-01-13
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officers · TM01
2026-01-09
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WARNER, Orlando Christopher appointed
director
2026-01-09
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officers · AP01
2026-01-08
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WARNER, Simone Georgina resigned
director
2025-12-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-12-16
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2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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2023-11-24
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officers · TM01
2023-11-24
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officers · TM01
2023-10-25
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ARMIT, John Andrew Brodie resigned
director
2023-10-24
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FOYLE, Charlotte Alice Christine resigned
director
2023-06-12
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HOOPER, Susannah Jemimah resigned
director
2023-06-12
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officers · TM01
2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-05-18
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accounts · AA
2021-08-18
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accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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2020-10-27
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2020-10-16
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officers · AP01
2020-10-09
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2020-10-08
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HOOPER, Robin Peveril appointed
director
2020-10-08
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HOOPER, Susannah Jemimah appointed
director
2020-09-03
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accounts · AA
2020-08-25
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2012-04-13
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BROWN-STRENGERS, Joanna Margaretta Maria resigned
director
2012-04-13
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FOYLE, Catherine Mary resigned
director
2012-04-13
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FRY, Anthony resigned
director
2009-03-25
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FOYLE, Charlotte Alice Christine appointed
director
2009-03-25
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FOYLE, William Richard Mervyn Christopher resigned
director
2007-12-31
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JMW BARNARD MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-12-31
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CAFFARATE, Charles Ernest John resigned
secretary
2005-11-29
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HOLLICK, Clive Richard appointed
director
2005-11-29
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HOLLICK, Susan Mary appointed
director
2004-10-31
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FRY, Anthony appointed
director
1999-03-16
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FOYLE, Catherine Mary appointed
director
1998-03-23
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FLOOKS, Ian Stuart appointed
director
1998-03-23
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BROWN-STRENGERS, Joanna Margaretta Maria resigned
secretary
1998-03-23
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CAFFARATE, Charles Ernest John appointed
secretary
1998-03-23
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ARMIT, John Andrew Brodie appointed
director
1996-12-21
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KCCF LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-21
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AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-11-20
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BROWN, Michael appointed
director
1996-11-20
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BROWN-STRENGERS, Joanna Margaretta Maria appointed
secretary
1996-11-20
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BROWN-STRENGERS, Joanna Margaretta Maria appointed
director
1996-11-20
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FOYLE, William Richard Mervyn Christopher appointed
director
1996-11-20
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WARNER, Simone Georgina appointed
director
1993-11-24
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Company incorporated
As 13A PORTOBELLO ROAD MANAGEMENT LTD.
1993-11-24
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KCCF LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-11-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

23a Church Road

Poole

Dorset

BH14 8UF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24