39 SOUTHAMPTON WAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03276384 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-11
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-05
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    MARENGHI, Ian Guido appointed
    director
  9. 2020-01-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-01-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-01-04
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    CAMPOS, Ingrid resigned
    director
  14. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-02-24
    ➕
    CAMPOS, Ingrid appointed
    director
  19. 2009-03-21
    ➖
    MANN, Harjit resigned
    director
  20. 1997-09-25
    ➕
    DAWSON, Terence Richard, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 1997-09-25
    ➖
    DILLON, Bridget Mary resigned
    director
  22. 1996-11-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 39 SOUTHAMPTON WAY LIMITED
  23. 1996-11-11
    ➕
    DAWSON, Elizabeth Nora appointed
    secretary
  24. 1996-11-11
    ➕
    DILLON, Bridget Mary appointed
    director
  25. 1996-11-11
    ➕
    MANN, Harjit appointed
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Elizabeth Nora Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Dr Terence Richard Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Pollyanna Rose Sanderson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1991 · age 35
——sig. influencesignificant influence05/01/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Ingrid Camposceased 04/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1996-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

39b Southampton Way
London
SE5 7SW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DAWSON, Elizabeth Nora→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-11
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Active
DAWSON, Terence Richard, Dr→
director · ~76y · appointed 1997-09-25
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Active
MARENGHI, Ian Guido→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-01-05
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Active
CAMPOS, Ingrid→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-02-24 · resigned 2020-01-04
Resigned
DILLON, Bridget Mary→
director · ~69y · appointed 1996-11-11 · resigned 1997-09-25
Resigned
MANN, Harjit→
director · ~57y · appointed 1996-11-11 · resigned 2009-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-01-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-05