14 ARUNDEL GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03040327 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-31

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 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: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

88 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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

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2016-04-12
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2015-04-08
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2006-03-24
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DARBY, Adam appointed
director
2006-03-24
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KAY, Maria resigned
director
2004-12-20
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TSITSOPOULOS, Anastassios appointed
director
2004-12-20
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CURRAN, Karl resigned
director
2002-03-15
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BUXTON, Madeline resigned
director
2002-03-15
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CURRAN, Karl appointed
director
2001-04-24
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HADDINGTON, Susan Jane Antonia, Countess appointed
director
1999-06-30
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BUXTON, Madeline appointed
director
1999-06-30
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ALGREN LTD resigned
corporate-director
1998-07-29
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NIMALASENA, Pahalage Don resigned
director
1998-07-27
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ALGREN LTD appointed
corporate-director
1997-09-04
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LANG, Janet Kathleen appointed
secretary
1997-09-04
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FERRIS, Colin resigned
secretary
1995-10-08
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KAY, Maria appointed
director
1995-10-08
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NIMALASENA, Pahalage Don appointed
director
1995-04-01
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RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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1995-04-01
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RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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1995-03-31
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Company incorporated
As 14 ARUNDEL GARDENS LIMITED
1995-03-31
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FERRIS, Colin appointed
director
1995-03-31
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LANG, Janet Kathleen appointed
director
1995-03-31
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FERRIS, Colin appointed
secretary
1995-03-31
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RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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1995-03-31
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RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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
Ms Janet Kathleen Lang Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	31/03/2017

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

Incorporated1995-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

14 Arundel Gardens

London

W11 2LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31