1 LANCASTER ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02948019 · ltd · incorporated 1994-07-13
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£3.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
19 officers (3 active, 19 linked, 10 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,747
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,325 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
↓ 59% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£5k£7k£9kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3.7k£9.1k
Current assets£3.0k£8.4k
Net assets£3.7k£9.1k

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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Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-24
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  3. 2023-08-05
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  4. 2022-08-13
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  5. 2021-08-28
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  6. 2020-09-01
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  7. 2019-08-05
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  8. 2019-05-11
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  9. 2017-11-11
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  10. 2016-08-31
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  11. 2015-08-31
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  12. 2015-07-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-04-29
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2015-04-28
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    address · AD01
  15. 2015-04-28
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2015-04-18
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    JONES, Richard Andrew appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-04-17
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    ELDING, Donald resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-02-22
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    SCHOFIELD, Martin John appointed
    director
  19. 2007-04-21
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    ELDING, Donald appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-04-20
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    NEWTON, Tiffany Lynn resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-04-20
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    NEWTON, Tiffany Lynn resigned
    director
  22. 2000-03-08
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    JONES, Richard Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2000-03-08
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    MARSDEN, Ailsa Margaret resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-03-08
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    NEWTON, Tiffany Lynn appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-03-08
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    HOWGATE, Peter Vipont resigned
    director
  26. 2000-03-08
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    MARSDEN, Ailsa Margaret resigned
    director
  27. 2000-03-08
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    NEWTON, Tiffany Lynn appointed
    director
  28. 1998-10-16
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    ALLEN, Philip Mark Stephen resigned
    secretary
  29. 1998-10-16
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    MARSDEN, Ailsa Margaret appointed
    secretary
  30. 1998-10-16
    ➖
    ALLEN, Philip Mark Stephen resigned
    director
  31. 1998-10-16
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    HOWGATE, Peter Vipont appointed
    director
  32. 1998-10-16
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    MARSDEN, Ailsa Margaret appointed
    director
  33. 1998-10-16
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    PARMAR, Kamlesh resigned
    director
  34. 1997-01-29
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    ALLEN, Philip Mark Stephen appointed
    secretary
  35. 1997-01-29
    ➖
    ROGERS, Claire Nicola resigned
    secretary
  36. 1997-01-29
    ➕
    ALLEN, Philip Mark Stephen appointed
    director
  37. 1997-01-29
    ➖
    ROGERS, Claire Nicola resigned
    director
  38. 1995-11-10
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    KELLY, Judith Maureen resigned
    director
  39. 1995-11-10
    ➕
    PARMAR, Kamlesh appointed
    director
  40. 1995-01-23
    ➖
    CROSSLEY, Robert Henry resigned
    secretary
  41. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    ROGERS, Claire Nicola appointed
    secretary
  42. 1995-01-23
    ➖
    CROSSLEY, Robert Henry resigned
    director
  43. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    ROGERS, Claire Nicola appointed
    director
  44. 1994-10-17
    ➕
    CROSSLEY, Robert Henry appointed
    secretary
  45. 1994-10-17
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  46. 1994-10-17
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    CROSSLEY, Robert Henry appointed
    director
  47. 1994-10-17
    ➕
    KELLY, Judith Maureen appointed
    director
  48. 1994-10-17
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  49. 1994-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 LANCASTER ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  50. 1994-07-13
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
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Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)
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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

3 The Grove,
1 Lancaster Road
Harrogate
HG2 0EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 16 resigned)

JONES, Richard Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2015-04-18
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Active
JONES, Richard Andrew→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-03-08
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Active
SCHOFIELD, Martin John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, Philip Mark Stephen→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-29 · resigned 1998-10-16
Resigned
CROSSLEY, Robert Henry→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 1995-01-23
Resigned
ELDING, Donald→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-21 · resigned 2015-04-17
Resigned
MARSDEN, Ailsa Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-16 · resigned 2000-03-08
Resigned
NEWTON, Tiffany Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-08 · resigned 2007-04-20
Resigned
ROGERS, Claire Nicola→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 1997-01-29
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-07-13 · resigned 1994-10-17
Resigned
ALLEN, Philip Mark Stephen→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-01-29 · resigned 1998-10-16
Resigned
CROSSLEY, Robert Henry→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 1995-01-23
Resigned
HOWGATE, Peter Vipont→
director · ~87y · appointed 1998-10-16 · resigned 2000-03-08
Resigned
KELLY, Judith Maureen→
director · ~60y · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 1995-11-10
Resigned
MARSDEN, Ailsa Margaret→
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-10-16 · resigned 2000-03-08
Resigned
NEWTON, Tiffany Lynn→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-03-08 · resigned 2007-04-20
Resigned
PARMAR, Kamlesh→
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-11-10 · resigned 1998-10-16
Resigned
ROGERS, Claire Nicola→
director · ~57y · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 1997-01-29
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-07-13 · resigned 1994-10-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

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2025-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
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accounts · AA
2023-08-05
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2023-07-04
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2022-08-13
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2022-07-16
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accounts · AA
2021-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
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2020-07-15
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2019-08-05
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2019-07-16
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2019-05-11