20 SOUTHAMPTON ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03420402 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-15
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£4
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£1£2£2£3£4Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£4£4
Net assets£4£4

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-24
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  4. 2023-04-27
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  5. 2022-05-02
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  6. 2021-04-28
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  7. 2020-04-23
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  8. 2019-04-24
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  9. 2018-08-15
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    WHITING, Lynn Michele Beth appointed
    director
  10. 2018-08-15
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  11. 2018-04-23
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  12. 2017-04-20
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  13. 2016-04-20
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  14. 2015-08-17
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  15. 2015-04-24
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  16. 2014-08-15
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  17. 2014-02-27
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    WHITING, Lynn Michele Beth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-06-30
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    CROWN, Thomas resigned
    director
  19. 2013-06-03
    ➕
    HENDERSON, James Thomson appointed
    secretary
  20. 2013-06-03
    ➖
    CROWN, Thomas resigned
    secretary
  21. 2012-06-01
    ➕
    HENDERSON, James appointed
    director
  22. 2012-05-01
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    MATOS, Joanne resigned
    director
  23. 2011-08-14
    ➕
    CROWN, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-08-14
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    MATOS, Joanne resigned
    secretary
  25. 2008-06-04
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    SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Poppy Belinda appointed
    director
  26. 2008-06-04
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    SCHNEIDER, Heike Solvei resigned
    director
  27. 2007-02-12
    ➕
    CROWN, Thomas appointed
    director
  28. 2007-02-12
    ➖
    PEREIRA, Sharmini resigned
    director
  29. 2004-07-07
    ➕
    MATOS, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-07-07
    ➖
    WICKENS, Lissa Catharine resigned
    director
  31. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    JEPHSON, Christopher Giles appointed
    director
  32. 2004-07-01
    ➖
    BANKS, Vera Cogle resigned
    director
  33. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    PEREIRA, Sharmini appointed
    director
  34. 2004-06-30
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    WICKENS, Lissa Catharine resigned
    secretary
  35. 2002-02-10
    ➕
    SCHNEIDER, Heike Solvei appointed
    director
  36. 1998-07-10
    ➕
    MATOS, Joanne appointed
    director
  37. 1998-07-10
    ➖
    SOSKICE, Juliet Georgine Lucy resigned
    director
  38. 1997-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 SOUTHAMPTON ROAD LIMITED
  39. 1997-08-15
    ➕
    WICKENS, Lissa Catharine appointed
    secretary
  40. 1997-08-15
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1997-08-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1997-08-15
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    BANKS, Vera Cogle appointed
    director
  43. 1997-08-15
    ➕
    SOSKICE, Juliet Georgine Lucy appointed
    director
  44. 1997-08-15
    ➕
    WICKENS, Lissa Catharine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

20 Southampton Road
London
NW5 4JR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (6 active · 11 resigned)

HENDERSON, James Thomson→
secretary · appointed 2013-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITING, Lynn Michele Beth→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDERSON, James→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JEPHSON, Christopher Giles→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Poppy Belinda→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITING, Lynn Michele Beth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWN, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2011-08-14 · resigned 2013-06-03
Resigned
MATOS, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-07 · resigned 2011-08-14
Resigned
WICKENS, Lissa Catharine→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 1997-08-15
Resigned
BANKS, Vera Cogle→
director · ~103y · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
CROWN, Thomas→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-02-12 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
MATOS, Joanne→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-07-10 · resigned 2012-05-01
Resigned
PEREIRA, Sharmini→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2007-02-12
Resigned
SCHNEIDER, Heike Solvei→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-02-10 · resigned 2008-06-04
Resigned
SOSKICE, Juliet Georgine Lucy→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 1998-07-10
Resigned
WICKENS, Lissa Catharine→
director · ~53y · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 2004-07-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

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2025-09-02
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2025-04-30
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2024-08-16
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2024-04-24
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2023-08-15
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2023-04-27
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2022-08-15
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2022-05-02
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2021-08-17
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2021-04-28
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2020-08-14
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2020-04-23
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