31 CLIFTON CRESCENT (FOLKESTONE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03082378 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-21

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

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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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 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	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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2025-03-23
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2024-04-03
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2023-03-28
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2022-04-04
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2021-04-05
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2020-03-28
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2019-03-23
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accounts · AA
2018-09-03
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BETTS, Colin Paul appointed
director
2018-09-03
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officers · AP01
2018-03-25
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2017-03-26
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2016-03-24
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2015-07-24
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2015-03-20
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2014-07-22
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2005-10-29
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COWLING, Olga, Dr appointed
secretary
2005-10-29
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LAWLEY, Andrew Kenneth resigned
secretary
2005-10-29
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LAWLEY, Andrew Kenneth resigned
director
2004-07-05
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COWLING, Gregory Justin appointed
director
2004-07-05
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LAWLEY, Andrew Kenneth appointed
secretary
2004-07-05
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WARREN, Elizabeth Joan Mary resigned
secretary
2004-07-05
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LAWLEY, Andrew Kenneth appointed
director
2004-07-05
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SHEPHERD, Leslie resigned
director
2004-07-05
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WARREN, Elizabeth Joan Mary resigned
director
1997-07-25
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SEWARD, Bernard Arthur John resigned
director
1995-07-21
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Company incorporated
As 31 CLIFTON CRESCENT (FOLKESTONE) LIMITED
1995-07-21
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WARREN, Elizabeth Joan Mary appointed
secretary
1995-07-21
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-21
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-21
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SEWARD, Bernard Arthur John appointed
director
1995-07-21
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SHEPHERD, Leslie appointed
director
1995-07-21
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WARREN, Elizabeth Joan Mary appointed
director
1995-07-21
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-07-21
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-07-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 3 31 Clifton Crescent

Folkestone

Kent

CT20 2EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-04

Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

COWLING, Olga, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-29

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Active

BETTS, Colin Paul→

director · ~59y · appointed 2018-09-03

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Active

COWLING, Gregory Justin→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-07-05

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Active

LAWLEY, Andrew Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 2004-07-05 · resigned 2005-10-29

Resigned

WARREN, Elizabeth Joan Mary→

secretary · appointed 1995-07-21 · resigned 2004-07-05

Resigned

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-21 · resigned 1995-07-21

Resigned

LAWLEY, Andrew Kenneth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2004-07-05 · resigned 2005-10-29

Resigned

SEWARD, Bernard Arthur John→

director · ~77y · appointed 1995-07-21 · resigned 1997-07-25

Resigned

SHEPHERD, Leslie→

director · ~98y · appointed 1995-07-21 · resigned 2004-07-05

Resigned

WARREN, Elizabeth Joan Mary→

director · ~97y · appointed 1995-07-21 · resigned 2004-07-05

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-21 · resigned 1995-07-21

Resigned

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