56 WATERLOO ROAD MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03485108 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-23
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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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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    officers · AP03
  3. 2024-10-29
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-04
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    FEREDAY, Jo appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-05-22
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    KHIMASIA-JOHN, Purvi resigned
    secretary
  7. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-07
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  11. 2019-09-24
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  12. 2018-09-27
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  13. 2017-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-08-05
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    STEELE, Sandra Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2008-08-01
    ➕
    MUTTI, Sanjeev appointed
    director
  19. 2007-12-31
    ➖
    FE CORPORATE SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-12-31
    ➖
    WHITFORD, Henry resigned
    director
  21. 2007-10-15
    ➕
    KHIMASIA-JOHN, Purvi appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-03-01
    ➖
    WILSON, Simon James resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-03-01
    ➕
    FE CORPORATE SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-03-16
    ➖
    ROSE, Nansi resigned
    director
  25. 2001-03-16
    ➕
    WHITFORD, Henry appointed
    director
  26. 1997-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 56 WATERLOO ROAD MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED
  27. 1997-12-23
    ➕
    WILSON, Simon James appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-12-23
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-12-23
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-12-23
    ➕
    ROSE, Nansi appointed
    director
  31. 1997-12-23
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1997-12-23
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
Incorporated1997-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

56 Waterloo Road
Bedford
MK40 3PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

FEREDAY, Jo→
secretary · appointed 2024-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUTTI, Sanjeev→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEELE, Sandra Elizabeth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KHIMASIA-JOHN, Purvi→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-15 · resigned 2024-05-22
Resigned
WILSON, Simon James→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-23 · resigned 2005-03-01
Resigned
FE CORPORATE SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-03-01 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-23 · resigned 1997-12-23
Resigned
ROSE, Nansi→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-12-23 · resigned 2001-03-16
Resigned
WHITFORD, Henry→
director · ~52y · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-23 · resigned 1997-12-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-10-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07