27 LANGTHORNE STREET (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03754198 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-19

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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2025-02-28
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2024-01-29
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2023-01-25
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2022-02-17
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2021-05-11
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2020-01-23
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2019-01-15
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2018-01-19
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2017-01-13
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2016-05-09
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2016-02-01
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2015-05-11
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2015-01-27
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2014-05-07
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2014-01-28
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2010-09-07
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BUCKLEY KING, Lisa Margaret appointed
director
2010-09-07
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PERRY, David resigned
director
2006-06-14
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PERRY, David appointed
director
2006-05-02
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HALL, James Robert Aikman resigned
director
2002-07-30
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DWARAKANATH, Asha, Dr resigned
director
2002-07-30
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HALL, James Robert Aikman appointed
director
1999-04-19
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Company incorporated
As 27 LANGTHORNE STREET (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED
1999-04-19
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GRIBBON, Anthony St George appointed
secretary
1999-04-19
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GRIBBON, Anthony St George appointed
director
1999-04-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-04-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-04-19
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DWARAKANATH, Asha, Dr appointed
director
1999-04-19
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-04-19
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
Mr Anthony St George Gribbon Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Lisa Margaret Buckley King Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 08/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated1999-04-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Crosstree Farmhouse

West Farndon

Daventry

Northamptonshire

NN11 3TU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GRIBBON, Anthony St George→

secretary · appointed 1999-04-19

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Active

BUCKLEY KING, Lisa Margaret→

director · ~73y · appointed 2010-09-07

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Active

GRIBBON, Anthony St George→

director · ~80y · appointed 1999-04-19

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-19 · resigned 1999-04-19

Resigned

DWARAKANATH, Asha, Dr→

director · ~55y · appointed 1999-04-19 · resigned 2002-07-30

Resigned

HALL, James Robert Aikman→

director · ~52y · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2006-05-02

Resigned

PERRY, David→

director · ~53y · appointed 2006-06-14 · resigned 2010-09-07

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-19 · resigned 1999-04-19

Resigned

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