12 EATON PLACE FREEHOLDERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03678692 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-04

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£5

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

24 officers (6 active, 24 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £5

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 45% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£5	£5
Current assets	£6.7k	£4.6k
Net assets	£5	£5

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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2024-09-23
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2023-09-06
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-13
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JEREMIAH, Andrew Thomas appointed
director
2022-10-13
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HUNT, Kim resigned
director
2022-08-02
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2021-09-03
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2020-10-23
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2020-04-28
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2020-01-24
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BACON, Sarah Emily appointed
director
2020-01-24
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GRICE, John Edward, Dr resigned
director
2019-12-13
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2019-12-13
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2019-12-13
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2019-09-02
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2019-03-06
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GOODWIN, Andrew resigned
director
2019-03-06
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GOODWIN, Emma Jane resigned
director
2019-03-06
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HUNT, Kim appointed
director
2018-09-21
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2017-01-06
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GODLEMAN, Ramon appointed
director
2017-01-06
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FITZGERALD, Holly Maya resigned
director
2013-09-06
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BLUNDELL, Marc Louis William resigned
director
2013-09-06
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FITZGERALD, Holly Maya appointed
director
2011-12-21
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PITKIN, Stuart John appointed
secretary
2011-12-21
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SIMPSON, Lawrence John resigned
secretary
2011-12-21
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BLUNDELL, Marc Louis William appointed
director
2011-12-21
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SIMPSON, Lawrence John resigned
director
2006-10-30
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GRICE, John Edward, Dr appointed
director
2005-04-20
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WROE, Simon David Quarton appointed
director
2005-04-19
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INGHAM, Derren resigned
director
2003-12-11
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GOODWIN, Emma Jane appointed
director
2001-06-13
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PITKIN, Stuart John appointed
director
2001-06-13
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BEYRET POWELL, Oliver Richard Eugene resigned
secretary
2001-06-13
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BEYRET POWELL, Oliver Richard Eugene resigned
director
2001-06-13
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INGHAM, Derren appointed
director
2001-06-13
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SUMSION, Michael Ransome resigned
director
2001-06-13
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TAYLOR, Andrew Christian resigned
director
2001-03-05
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SIMPSON, Lawrence John appointed
secretary
2001-03-05
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SIMPSON, Lawrence John appointed
director
2000-09-21
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BEYRET POWELL, Oliver Richard Eugene appointed
secretary
2000-09-21
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BEYRET POWELL, Oliver Richard Eugene appointed
director
2000-09-21
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GOODWIN, Andrew appointed
director
2000-07-21
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WATTS, Louise resigned
secretary
2000-07-21
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WATTS, Louise resigned
director
2000-02-29
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WALKER, Gillian Mary resigned
director

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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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-12-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

12 Eaton Place

Brighton

East Sussex

BN2 1EH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-18

Last: 2025-12-04