42 EAGLE STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03494676 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-19
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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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). 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, 13 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
97 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-10-22
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  3. 2024-10-28
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  4. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2022-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-01-30
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    LAMB, Keith Fraser, Mr. appointed
    director
  9. 2022-01-29
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    MCMENEMY, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  10. 2022-01-28
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    officers · AP03
  11. 2022-01-27
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-01-25
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    LEWIS, Richard Clive, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  13. 2022-01-24
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    PARKER, Jonathan Frederic, Lord resigned
    secretary
  14. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2020-09-06
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    HAAM, John Jung-Hun resigned
    director
  17. 2019-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  18. 2018-10-31
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  19. 2018-01-30
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  20. 2018-01-30
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  21. 2017-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-10-13
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    CLARK, Ian Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2017-10-13
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    HAAM, John Jung-Hun appointed
    director
  24. 2013-07-16
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    LEWIS, Richard Clive appointed
    director
  25. 2013-06-30
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    SHERWOOD, Jonathan resigned
    director
  26. 2010-02-24
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    PARKER, Jonathan Frederic, Lord appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-10-01
    ➖
    WOLDROM, Jonathan David resigned
    secretary
  28. 2006-12-01
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    WOLDROM, Jonathan David appointed
    secretary
  29. 2006-11-30
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    ALLY, Bibi Rahima resigned
    secretary
  30. 2006-11-30
    ➕
    SHERWOOD, Jonathan appointed
    director
  31. 2006-10-10
    ➕
    ROSS, Karen Lee appointed
    director
  32. 2006-10-10
    ➖
    GREEN DUDACK, Michelle resigned
    director
  33. 2005-12-01
    ➖
    MACFARLANE, Jonathan Stephen resigned
    director
  34. 2005-10-12
    ➕
    GREEN DUDACK, Michelle appointed
    director
  35. 2005-07-19
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    RADZINOWICZ, William Francis Henry resigned
    director
  36. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    PARKER, Jonathan Frederic, Sir appointed
    director
  37. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    VELUSAMI, Arun appointed
    director
  38. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    CLARK, Ian Peter appointed
    director
  39. 1999-03-23
    ➖
    CLARKE, Julian Martin Buckell resigned
    director
  40. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    MCMENEMY, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  41. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    RADZINOWICZ, William Francis Henry appointed
    director
  42. 1998-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 42 EAGLE STREET LIMITED
  43. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    ALLY, Bibi Rahima appointed
    secretary
  44. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    CLARKE, Julian Martin Buckell appointed
    director
  45. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    MACFARLANE, Jonathan Stephen 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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — 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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Flat 2 42 Eagle Street
London
WC1R 4AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (6 active · 11 resigned)

LEWIS, Richard Clive, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2022-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMB, Keith Fraser, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Richard Clive→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, Jonathan Frederic, Sir→
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, Karen Lee→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VELUSAMI, Arun→
director · ~51y · appointed 1999-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLY, Bibi Rahima→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 2006-11-30
Resigned
PARKER, Jonathan Frederic, Lord→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-24 · resigned 2022-01-24
Resigned
WOLDROM, Jonathan David→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-01 · resigned 2008-10-01
Resigned
CLARK, Ian Peter→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 2017-10-13
Resigned
CLARKE, Julian Martin Buckell→
director · ~51y · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 1999-03-23
Resigned
GREEN DUDACK, Michelle→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-12 · resigned 2006-10-10
Resigned
HAAM, John Jung-Hun→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-10-13 · resigned 2020-09-06
Resigned
MACFARLANE, Jonathan Stephen→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 2005-12-01
Resigned
MCMENEMY, Nicholas John→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 2022-01-29
Resigned
RADZINOWICZ, William Francis Henry→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 2005-07-19
Resigned
SHERWOOD, Jonathan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-01-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28