CHURCH CLOSE FREEHOLD LTD

🌳Matureactive

03688846 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-24

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-02-04
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-27
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officers · TM01
2026-01-19
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ALDERTON, Matthew John appointed
director
2026-01-19
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officers · AP01
2026-01-19
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officers · TM01
2025-08-26
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TRYFONOS, Kyriacos appointed
director
2025-08-26
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WARREN, Brian resigned
director
2025-08-26
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officers · AP01
2025-08-26
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accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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accounts · AA
2023-09-09
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accounts · AA
2022-09-10
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accounts · AA
2021-09-05
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts · AA
2020-03-16
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officers · AP01
2020-03-16
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officers · TM01
2020-02-20
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QAVOLLI, Denis appointed
director
2020-02-20
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CLAXTON, Irene resigned
director
2020-01-19
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ALDERTON, Norman David resigned
director
2019-09-13
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accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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accounts · AA
2018-02-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-01-11
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BODNER, Harold resigned
director
2015-06-30
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FEATHERSTONE, Marie appointed
director
2015-06-25
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LITTLEJOHN, Samuel David resigned
director
2014-08-01
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BODNER, Sandra Yvonne appointed
secretary
2014-07-01
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WARREN, Brian resigned
secretary
2013-11-22
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ARIF, Ismail Ceneiz resigned
director
2013-11-22
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LITTLEJOHN, Samuel David appointed
director
2007-11-19
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CLAXTON, Irene appointed
director
2007-11-19
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HART, Maureen Jill Anne resigned
director
2007-02-28
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MORETTO, Vito appointed
director
2007-02-28
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BELLAMY, Melanie Amanda resigned
director
2006-05-24
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ALDERTON, Norman David appointed
director
2006-05-24
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SHEARER, Sharon Pearl resigned
director
2005-12-27
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ARIF, Ismail Ceneiz appointed
director
2005-08-19
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LUCY, Joan Rita resigned
director
2002-12-08
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LUCY, Joan Rita appointed
director
2002-07-08
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RULE, Jean Ruth resigned
director
2002-07-08
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SHEARER, Sharon Pearl appointed
director
2002-04-25
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BELLAMY, Melanie Amanda appointed
director
2002-04-25
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MCINNES, Jill resigned
director
2002-02-27
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WARREN, Brian appointed
secretary
2002-02-26
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HART, Maureen Jill Anne resigned
secretary
2001-07-20
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BODNER, Harold appointed
director
2001-07-20
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PHILLIPS, Elsie Irene resigned
director
1999-01-25
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MCINNES, Jill appointed
director
1998-12-24
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Company incorporated
As CHURCH CLOSE FREEHOLD LTD
1998-12-24
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HART, Maureen Jill Anne appointed
secretary
1998-12-24
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

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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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sandra Yvonne Bodner Individual · British · DOB 01/1942 · age 84	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/02/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Harold Bodnerceased 11/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-12-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Church Close

Cuffley

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 4LS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14