43/45 JEDDO ROAD (MANAGEMENT COMPANY) LONDON W12 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03491036 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-12
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.
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year to Jan 2025
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 58190Other publishing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-14
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-09-11
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  4. 2022-09-10
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  5. 2021-09-07
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  6. 2020-09-17
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  7. 2019-09-25
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  8. 2018-09-25
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  9. 2017-09-17
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  10. 2016-09-26
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  11. 2016-01-18
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  12. 2015-10-06
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  13. 2015-05-15
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  15. 2015-05-15
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  16. 2015-03-23
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    BUTT, Mathew Alexander appointed
    director
  17. 2015-03-23
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    QUAIDE, Peer appointed
    director
  18. 2015-03-23
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    MERCER, Flora Bethell resigned
    director
  19. 2015-03-23
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    MORGAN, David William resigned
    director
  20. 2012-04-20
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    LAWRENCE, Stephen Proom resigned
    director
  21. 2012-04-20
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    MERCER, Flora Bethell appointed
    director
  22. 2012-04-20
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    MORGAN, David William appointed
    director
  23. 2010-01-25
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    LAWRENCE, Stephen Proom appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-30
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    BLUNDELL, David Edward resigned
    director
  25. 2006-09-28
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    BLUNDELL, David Edward appointed
    director
  26. 2006-09-28
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    GRIGG, Sian Helen resigned
    director
  27. 1998-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 43/45 JEDDO ROAD (MANAGEMENT COMPANY) LONDON W12 LIMITED
  28. 1998-01-12
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    MCKENZIE, Mitzi Myfanwy Beryl appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-01-12
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    MCKENZIE, Mitzi Myfanwy Beryl appointed
    director
  30. 1998-01-12
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-01-12
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1998-01-12
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    GRIGG, Sian Helen appointed
    director
  33. 1998-01-12
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1998-01-12
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — 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 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

43 Jeddo Road
London
W12 9ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

MCKENZIE, Mitzi Myfanwy Beryl→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-12
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Active
BUTT, Mathew Alexander→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKENZIE, Mitzi Myfanwy Beryl→
director · ~92y · appointed 1998-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUAIDE, Peer→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 1998-01-12
Resigned
BLUNDELL, David Edward→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2009-12-30
Resigned
GRIGG, Sian Helen→
director · ~57y · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 2006-09-28
Resigned
LAWRENCE, Stephen Proom→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-01-25 · resigned 2012-04-20
Resigned
MERCER, Flora Bethell→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-04-20 · resigned 2015-03-23
Resigned
MORGAN, David William→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-04-20 · resigned 2015-03-23
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 1998-01-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-20