10 RUSKIN ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03695152 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-14

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

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£1.1k

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

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £1,057

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£457

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£1.1k	£958
Current assets	£457	£448
Net assets	£1.1k	£958

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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2023-04-11
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2022-03-13
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2020-03-11
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2019-03-26
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2018-03-15
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2017-07-28
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2016-03-21
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2016-01-18
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2015-01-14
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2006-03-03
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HAMM, Matthew David appointed
director
2006-03-03
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LANDIVAR, Martin Sebastian resigned
director
2003-01-31
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LANDIVAR, Martin Sebastian appointed
director
2003-01-31
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SAILANI, Madeleine Sue resigned
director
2002-03-18
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DROHAN, Paul resigned
director
2002-03-18
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SAILANI, Madeleine Sue appointed
director
1999-01-14
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Company incorporated
As 10 RUSKIN ROAD LIMITED
1999-01-14
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WHITTLE, Alison Caroline appointed
secretary
1999-01-14
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WHITTLE, Alison Caroline appointed
director
1999-01-14
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-01-14
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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1999-01-14
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DROHAN, Paul appointed
director
1999-01-14
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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1999-01-14
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Alison Caroline Whittle Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Matthew David Hamm Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-01-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

161 Woodland Avenue

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 6BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-25

Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WHITTLE, Alison Caroline→

secretary · appointed 1999-01-14

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Active

HAMM, Matthew David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2006-03-03

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Active

WHITTLE, Alison Caroline→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-01-14

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-14 · resigned 1999-01-14

Resigned

DROHAN, Paul→

director · ~59y · appointed 1999-01-14 · resigned 2002-03-18

Resigned

LANDIVAR, Martin Sebastian→

director · ~50y · appointed 2003-01-31 · resigned 2006-03-03

Resigned

SAILANI, Madeleine Sue→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2003-01-31

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-14 · resigned 1999-01-14

Resigned

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