37 BUCKINGHAM PLACE BRIGHTON MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03004352 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-22

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 Dec 2024

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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

19 officers (5 active, 19 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	500	500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2025-07-02
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2024-12-18
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address · AD01
2024-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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officers · AP03
2022-09-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-17
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MACNEILL, Tucker Alexander appointed
secretary
2022-01-17
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BEAN, Jennie Frances appointed
director
2022-01-17
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BEAN, Jennie Frances resigned
secretary
2021-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-12-15
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2020-12-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-16
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CALWAY, Hannah appointed
director
2020-07-16
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BANKS, Robert John resigned
director
2020-01-03
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MACNEILL, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2020-01-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-27
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EDWARDS, Oliver resigned
director
2017-10-25
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BANKS, Robert John appointed
director
2017-10-25
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SADLER, Leonie Rose resigned
director
2010-02-20
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SADLER, Leonie Rose appointed
director
2009-10-28
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BANKS, Samantha resigned
director
2009-10-14
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EDWARDS, Oliver appointed
director
2008-02-20
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HARRISON, Sophie Jane resigned
director
2005-11-30
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STRINGER, Duncan John resigned
director
2005-11-30
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WESTBURY, Lisa Amelia resigned
director
2005-05-21
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HARRISON, Sophie Jane appointed
director
2005-04-06
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BANKS, Samantha appointed
director
2003-12-12
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STRINGER, Duncan John appointed
director
2003-12-12
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TAYLOR, Christopher John resigned
director
2003-06-01
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JACKMAN, Winston Philbert appointed
director
2000-09-07
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JONES, Hilary Anne resigned
director
2000-03-10
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WESTBURY, Lisa Amelia appointed
director
2000-03-07
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HARTLESS, Julie resigned
director
1999-12-03
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BEAN, Louise Erica resigned
secretary
1999-11-01
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BEAN, Jennie Frances appointed
secretary
1996-12-23
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TAYLOR, Christopher John appointed
director
1994-12-22
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Company incorporated
As 37 BUCKINGHAM PLACE BRIGHTON MANAGEMENT LIMITED
1994-12-22
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BEAN, Louise Erica appointed
secretary
1994-12-22
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-12-22
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-12-22
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HARTLESS, Julie appointed
director
1994-12-22
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JONES, Hilary Anne appointed
director

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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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 Winston Philbert Jackman Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	22/12/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Robert John Banksceased 16/07/2020· 25-50% shares
Mr Oliver Edwardsceased 27/12/2019· significant influence · firm interest
Ms Leonie Rose Sadlerceased 25/10/2017· significant influence · firm interest

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

Incorporated1994-12-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Office C 616-618 Chigwell Road

Woodford Green

IG8 8AA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-01

Last: 2025-12-18