12 ECCLESTON SQUARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03169038 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-07
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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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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-24
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  3. 2023-09-20
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2022-01-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2021-12-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-12-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-11-15
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    PHILLIPS, Roger Howard resigned
    director
  9. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-23
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    COWDELL, Philippa Clare appointed
    director
  12. 2020-03-23
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-09-30
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  14. 2018-09-11
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  15. 2017-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2009-03-11
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    WINDSOR, Ashley resigned
    director
  19. 2008-03-27
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    CRABTREE, Jonathan Robin appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-27
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    MARDEN, Richard resigned
    director
  21. 2003-06-28
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    WINDSOR, Carron Lea appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-28
    ➕
    WINDSOR, Ashley appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-27
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    GOOLD, Marian Anne, Doctor resigned
    director
  24. 1996-11-16
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    MARDEN, Richard appointed
    director
  25. 1996-03-21
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    FOY, Nicola Frances appointed
    secretary
  26. 1996-03-21
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    FOY, Nicola Frances appointed
    director
  27. 1996-03-21
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-03-21
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    GOOLD, Marian Anne, Doctor appointed
    director
  29. 1996-03-21
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Roger Howard appointed
    director
  30. 1996-03-21
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1996-03-21
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1996-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 12 ECCLESTON SQUARE LIMITED
  33. 1996-03-07
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1996-03-07
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1996-03-07
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Nicola Frances Foy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Roger Howard Phillipsceased 15/11/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1996-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Top Floor Flat
12 Eccleston Square
London
SW1V 1NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

FOY, Nicola Frances→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWDELL, Philippa Clare→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-03-23
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Active
CRABTREE, Jonathan Robin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOY, Nicola Frances→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINDSOR, Carron Lea→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-07 · resigned 1996-03-21
Resigned
GOOLD, Marian Anne, Doctor→
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-03-21 · resigned 2003-06-27
Resigned
MARDEN, Richard→
director · ~98y · appointed 1996-11-16 · resigned 2008-03-27
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Roger Howard→
director · ~94y · appointed 1996-03-21 · resigned 2021-11-15
Resigned
WINDSOR, Ashley→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-06-28 · resigned 2009-03-11
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-07 · resigned 1996-03-21
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-07 · resigned 1996-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30