98 ELMBOURNE ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03081981 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-07-20

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£16.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (3 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 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.

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

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £16,103

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£16k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£36k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£40.8k	£36.5k
Current assets	£36.0k	£31.7k
Net assets	£16.1k	£11.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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2025-07-29
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2025-07-22
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officers · CH01
2025-03-17
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accounts · AA
2024-03-13
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accounts · AA
2023-10-03
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LEAVER, John Chester appointed
director
2023-10-03
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LEAVER, John Chester resigned
director
2023-10-03
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officers · AP01
2023-10-03
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officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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officers · CH01
2022-07-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2021-04-15
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2020-04-27
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2019-03-27
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2018-03-22
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accounts · AA
2017-03-27
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accounts · AA
2016-06-03
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ACHUBA, Lesley resigned
director
2005-12-01
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LINES, Mary Elizabeth resigned
director
2005-08-01
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SMITH, Andrew Henry William resigned
director
2003-07-17
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ACHUBA, Lesley appointed
director
2003-06-09
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LEAVER, John Chester appointed
director
2003-06-08
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PITCHER, Caroline Beverley resigned
director
2003-01-27
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CHRISTY, Helena resigned
director
2000-04-10
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LINES, Mary Elizabeth appointed
director
2000-04-10
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SNOWDON, Christopher Martin resigned
director
1999-07-16
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SMITH, Andrew Henry William appointed
director
1999-07-12
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JEFFRIES, Alison Jane appointed
secretary
1999-06-16
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BROWN, Matthew James Conroy resigned
secretary
1999-06-16
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BROWN, Matthew James Conroy resigned
director
1997-02-23
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BROWN, Matthew James Conroy appointed
secretary
1997-02-23
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BROWN, Matthew James Conroy appointed
director
1996-12-22
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FOSTER, Geoffrey Lawrence resigned
secretary
1996-12-22
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FOSTER, Geoffrey Lawrence resigned
director
1996-12-22
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SNOWDON, Christopher Martin appointed
director
1996-11-28
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MASON, Richard John resigned
director
1995-07-20
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Company incorporated
As 98 ELMBOURNE ROAD LIMITED
1995-07-20
➕
JEFFRIES, Alison Jane appointed
director
1995-07-20
➕
FOSTER, Geoffrey Lawrence appointed
secretary
1995-07-20
➕
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-20
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-20
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CHRISTY, Helena appointed
director
1995-07-20
➕
FOSTER, Geoffrey Lawrence appointed
director
1995-07-20
➕
MASON, Richard John appointed
director
1995-07-20
➕
PITCHER, Caroline Beverley appointed
director
1995-07-20
➕
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-07-20
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1995-07-20
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-07-20
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 79 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 31 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1995-07-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

15 The Roystons

Berrylands

Surbiton

Surrey

KT5 8HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 15 resigned)

JEFFRIES, Alison Jane→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JEFFRIES, Alison Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 1995-07-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEAVER, John Chester→

director · ~79y · appointed 2023-10-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BROWN, Matthew James Conroy→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-23 · resigned 1999-06-16

Resigned

FOSTER, Geoffrey Lawrence→

secretary · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 1996-12-22

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 1995-07-20

Resigned

ACHUBA, Lesley→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2016-06-03

Resigned

BROWN, Matthew James Conroy→

director · ~54y · appointed 1997-02-23 · resigned 1999-06-16

Resigned

CHRISTY, Helena→

director · ~62y · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 2003-01-27

Resigned

FOSTER, Geoffrey Lawrence→

director · ~61y · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 1996-12-22

Resigned

LEAVER, John Chester→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-06-09 · resigned 2023-10-03

Resigned

LINES, Mary Elizabeth→

director · ~56y · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2005-12-01

Resigned

MASON, Richard John→

director · ~60y · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 1996-11-28

Resigned

PITCHER, Caroline Beverley→

director · ~68y · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 2003-06-08

Resigned

SMITH, Andrew Henry William→

director · ~57y · appointed 1999-07-16 · resigned 2005-08-01

Resigned

SNOWDON, Christopher Martin→

director · ~67y · appointed 1996-12-22 · resigned 2000-04-10

Resigned

COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 1995-07-20

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-20 · resigned 1995-07-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

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2025-07-29

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change-person-director-company-with-change-date

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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

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

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2023-10-03

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2023-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

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2022-07-29

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2022-07-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

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2022-07-28

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