39 FARNHAM ROAD (GUILDFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03345990 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-07

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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2023-01-31
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2022-01-31
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2021-01-31
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2020-01-24
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2019-01-28
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2018-01-31
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2017-01-29
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2016-05-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-31
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accounts · AA
2015-05-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-23
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accounts · AA
2014-05-28
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annual-return · AR01
2008-01-11
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SCHAUPP, Christopher D'Arcy appointed
secretary
2007-11-09
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MOORE, Fiona resigned
secretary
2003-02-26
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FORD, Peter James resigned
secretary
2003-02-26
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MOORE, Fiona appointed
secretary
1997-04-07
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Company incorporated
As 39 FARNHAM ROAD (GUILDFORD) LIMITED
1997-04-07
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FORD, Peter James appointed
director
1997-04-07
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SCHAUPP, Christopher D'Arcy appointed
director
1997-04-07
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FORD, Peter James appointed
secretary
1997-04-07
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-07
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-07
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-04-07
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FORD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
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 29 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

Incorporated1997-04-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 Oakdene Road, Peasmarsh

Guildford

Surrey

GU3 1ND

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SCHAUPP, Christopher D'Arcy→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-11

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Active

FORD, Peter James→

director · ~59y · appointed 1997-04-07

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Active

SCHAUPP, Christopher D'Arcy→

director · ~62y · appointed 1997-04-07

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Active

FORD, Peter James→

secretary · appointed 1997-04-07 · resigned 2003-02-26

Resigned

MOORE, Fiona→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2007-11-09

Resigned

L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-07 · resigned 1997-04-07

Resigned

L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-07 · resigned 1997-04-07

Resigned

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