4 PAULS TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03353734 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-04-16

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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2025-01-15
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2024-01-03
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2023-01-17
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2022-01-07
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2021-01-18
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2020-01-10
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2018-12-28
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2018-02-12
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2017-01-23
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2016-06-15
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-24
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accounts · AA
2015-05-03
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2015-01-06
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2014-04-22
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2012-08-09
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HANDLEY, David William Sampson appointed
director
2006-01-12
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DREW, Richard Colin resigned
director
1999-01-04
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WHITE, Julia Irene resigned
director
1997-08-27
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WHITE, Julia Irene appointed
director
1997-04-16
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Company incorporated
As 4 PAULS TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
1997-04-16
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SCOTT, Susan Mary appointed
secretary
1997-04-16
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SCOTT, Michael David Joicey appointed
director
1997-04-16
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-16
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-16
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DREW, Richard Colin 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 80 — 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 80 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 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-04-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Little Helland Treverva

Penryn

Cornwall

TR10 9BP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SCOTT, Susan Mary→

secretary · appointed 1997-04-16

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Active

HANDLEY, David William Sampson→

director · ~80y · appointed 2012-08-09

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Active

SCOTT, Michael David Joicey→

director · ~79y · appointed 1997-04-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 1997-04-16

Resigned

DREW, Richard Colin→

director · ~81y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2006-01-12

Resigned

WHITE, Julia Irene→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-08-27 · resigned 1999-01-04

Resigned

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