2 GUILFORD STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03545864 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-04-15

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£14.8k

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 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,762

Cash YoY

+28%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

↑ 28% YoY

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£14.8k	£11.2k
Current assets	£15.6k	£12.2k
Cash	£15.1k	£11.8k
Debtors	£437	£342
Net assets	£14.8k	£11.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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accounts · AA
2021-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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officers · AP01
2019-10-02
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BULLOCK, Philip Ross, Professor appointed
director
2019-08-07
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officers · TM01
2019-06-07
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FARNE, Hugo Andres, Dr resigned
director
2019-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-28
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accounts · AA
2015-04-15
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-21
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FARNE, Hugo Andres, Dr appointed
director
2014-04-16
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NAISBITT, Paul resigned
director
2008-09-30
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FLEMING, Ellen Mccool appointed
secretary
2008-09-30
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RUDGE, Peter, Dr resigned
secretary
2002-10-27
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FLEMING, Ellen Mccool appointed
director
2002-09-30
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ALLEN, Michael Stephen resigned
director
2002-07-12
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FLANAGAN, Anne resigned
director
2002-07-12
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NAISBITT, Paul appointed
director
2001-01-18
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NICOL, Peter Franz resigned
director
2000-08-14
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NICOL, Peter Franz appointed
director
1999-05-01
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ALLEN, Michael Stephen appointed
director
1999-03-31
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THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
1999-01-11
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BOLLAND, Mark William resigned
director
1998-04-15
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Company incorporated
As 2 GUILFORD STREET LIMITED
1998-04-15
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LEEMING, Charlotte appointed
director
1998-04-15
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RUDGE, Peter appointed
director
1998-04-15
➕
RUDGE, Peter, Dr appointed
secretary
1998-04-15
➕
THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
1998-04-15
➕
BOLLAND, Mark William appointed
director
1998-04-15
➕
FLANAGAN, Anne 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1998-04-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 1

2 Guilford Street

London

WC1N 1DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-29

Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)

FLEMING, Ellen Mccool→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-30

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Active

BULLOCK, Philip Ross, Professor→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-10-02

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Active

FLEMING, Ellen Mccool→

director · ~78y · appointed 2002-10-27

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Active

LEEMING, Charlotte→

director · ~75y · appointed 1998-04-15

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Active

RUDGE, Peter→

director · ~87y · appointed 1998-04-15

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Active

RUDGE, Peter, Dr→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-15 · resigned 2008-09-30

Resigned

THOMAS, Howard→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-15 · resigned 1999-03-31

Resigned

ALLEN, Michael Stephen→

director · ~66y · appointed 1999-05-01 · resigned 2002-09-30

Resigned

BOLLAND, Mark William→

director · ~60y · appointed 1998-04-15 · resigned 1999-01-11

Resigned

FARNE, Hugo Andres, Dr→

director · ~48y · appointed 2014-05-21 · resigned 2019-06-07

Resigned

FLANAGAN, Anne→

director · ~63y · appointed 1998-04-15 · resigned 2002-07-12

Resigned

NAISBITT, Paul→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2014-04-16

Resigned

NICOL, Peter Franz→

director · ~53y · appointed 2000-08-14 · resigned 2001-01-18

Resigned

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