21 WARWICK AVENUE (BEDFORD) LIMITED

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03407446 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-07-23

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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 (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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2025-04-11
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2024-04-12
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2023-04-21
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2022-03-30
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2021-05-18
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2020-04-02
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2019-04-19
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2018-08-27
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2018-08-15
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HONAN, Glen Patrick appointed
director
2018-03-25
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2017-03-31
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2016-03-23
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2015-07-27
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2014-07-31
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2000-07-23
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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1997-08-01
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GLENNIE, Sara Jessica resigned
director
1997-07-23
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Company incorporated
As 21 WARWICK AVENUE (BEDFORD) LIMITED
1997-07-23
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HANCOCK, Michael William appointed
secretary
1997-07-23
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HANCOCK, Michael William appointed
director
1997-07-23
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SOUTHWORTH, Ian James appointed
director
1997-07-23
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SOUTHWORTH, Neil Andrew appointed
director
1997-07-23
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-23
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GLENNIE, Sara Jessica appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Incorporated1997-07-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 1 21 Warwick Avenue

Bedford

MK40 2EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

HANCOCK, Michael William→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-23

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Active

HANCOCK, Michael William→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-07-23

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Active

HONAN, Glen Patrick→

director · ~69y · appointed 2018-08-15

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Active

SOUTHWORTH, Ian James→

director · ~57y · appointed 1997-07-23

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Active

SOUTHWORTH, Neil Andrew→

director · ~59y · appointed 1997-07-23

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Active

RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-23 · resigned 2000-07-23

Resigned

GLENNIE, Sara Jessica→

director · ~56y · appointed 1997-07-23 · resigned 1997-08-01

Resigned

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