44 ARUNDEL GARDENS W11 FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03375827 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-23
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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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
24 officers (4 active, 24 linked, 15 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
124 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£1£2£3£4£5Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£5£5
Debtors£5£5
Net assets£5£5

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-19
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2025-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-22
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    MICHAEL LAURIE MAGAR LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2022-08-22
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  8. 2022-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-08-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-08-13
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    B-HIVE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-24
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  13. 2022-04-07
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  14. 2021-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-08-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-06-29
    ➕
    HAYNES, Marc Stuart appointed
    director
  17. 2021-06-29
    ➖
    SMITH, John Barry resigned
    director
  18. 2021-01-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2021-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-08-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2020-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2020-03-06
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    MCKAY, Morgan Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2020-03-06
    ➖
    BUTCHER, David Roy resigned
    director
  26. 2018-03-06
    ➕
    BUTCHER, David Roy appointed
    director
  27. 2015-08-04
    ➖
    PETTINICCHIO CARNEVALE, Michela resigned
    director
  28. 2013-07-01
    ➖
    ADATIA, Pankaj resigned
    secretary
  29. 2013-07-01
    ➕
    B-HIVE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2012-04-01
    ➕
    ADATIA, Pankaj appointed
    secretary
  31. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    FREER, Andrew Mark resigned
    secretary
  32. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    FREER, Andrew Mark resigned
    director
  33. 2010-10-04
    ➕
    SMITH, John Barry appointed
    director
  34. 2010-08-22
    ➖
    VESTEY, Caroline resigned
    director
  35. 2005-09-19
    ➕
    VESTEY, Caroline appointed
    director
  36. 2005-06-01
    ➖
    LASHINSKY, Amy Elizabeth resigned
    director
  37. 2005-04-30
    ➖
    EDELSTEN, Gillian Penelope resigned
    secretary
  38. 2005-04-30
    ➖
    CARNEVALE, Franco resigned
    director
  39. 2005-04-30
    ➕
    LASHINSKY, Amy Elizabeth appointed
    director
  40. 2005-04-30
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    PETTINICCHIO CARNEVALE, Michela appointed
    director
  41. 2005-04-30
    ➖
    STEVENSON, Julian resigned
    director
  42. 2005-02-23
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    FREER, Andrew Mark appointed
    secretary
  43. 2005-01-17
    ➖
    EDELSTEN, Gillian Penelope resigned
    director
  44. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    FREER, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  45. 1999-05-26
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    MICHAELIS, Stephane Dominic Phillipe resigned
    director
  46. 1999-03-08
    ➖
    GILL, Alison Rebecca resigned
    director
  47. 1999-03-03
    ➖
    GILL, Alison Rebecca resigned
    secretary
  48. 1999-03-03
    ➖
    CLEMENTSON, John resigned
    director
  49. 1999-01-09
    ➕
    JOLY, Harriet Diana appointed
    director
  50. 1999-01-01
    ➕
    MICHAELIS, Stephane Dominic Phillipe appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 64 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Harriet Diana Joly
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Michael Laurie Magar Limited
1 The Beacons
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 8RS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (4 active · 20 resigned)

MICHAEL LAURIE MAGAR LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYNES, Marc Stuart→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOLY, Harriet Diana→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKAY, Morgan Andrew→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADATIA, Pankaj→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2013-07-01
Resigned
EDELSTEN, Gillian Penelope→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 2005-04-30
Resigned
FREER, Andrew Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
GILL, Alison Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1999-03-03
Resigned
B-HIVE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2022-08-13
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-23 · resigned 1998-03-10
Resigned
BUTCHER, David Roy→
director · ~78y · appointed 2018-03-06 · resigned 2020-03-06
Resigned
CARNEVALE, Franco→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-11-13 · resigned 2005-04-30
Resigned
CLEMENTSON, John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1999-03-03
Resigned
EDELSTEN, Gillian Penelope→
director · ~85y · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 2005-01-17
Resigned
FREER, Andrew Mark→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
GILL, Alison Rebecca→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1999-03-08
Resigned
LASHINSKY, Amy Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-04-30 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
MICHAELIS, Stephane Dominic Phillipe→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-01-01 · resigned 1999-05-26
Resigned
PETTINICCHIO CARNEVALE, Michela→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-04-30 · resigned 2015-08-04
Resigned
SMITH, John Barry→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-10-04 · resigned 2021-06-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (124 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-03-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-08-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-04-24