17 STANLEY GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03823705 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-11
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1£2£2£3£4Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£4£4
Current assets£4£4
Net assets£4£4

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2024-02-08
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  4. 2024-02-08
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  5. 2024-02-08
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-02-08
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-09-07
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    FRANKEN, Jennifer appointed
    director
  8. 2023-09-07
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    BORGERHOFF MULDER, Emma Margaret resigned
    director
  9. 2023-09-06
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  10. 2023-01-26
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  11. 2022-09-05
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  12. 2021-07-21
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  13. 2020-09-30
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  14. 2020-07-01
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  15. 2020-07-01
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  17. 2020-07-01
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  18. 2020-06-25
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  19. 2020-06-25
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  20. 2020-06-25
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    address · AD01
  21. 2020-06-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  22. 2020-05-20
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    BUSHEY SECRETARIES AND REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2014-07-13
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    MELLOR, Douglas Myron resigned
    director
  24. 2010-12-14
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    BORGERHOFF MULDER, Emma Margaret appointed
    director
  25. 2005-09-30
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    DASZYNSKA, Wanda Janina resigned
    director
  26. 2004-04-27
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    BUSHEY SECRETARIES AND REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-01-01
    ➖
    HYLAND, Luke resigned
    secretary
  28. 2003-10-29
    ➕
    STRIDE, David James appointed
    director
  29. 2003-08-19
    ➖
    HARRIS, David resigned
    director
  30. 2003-07-10
    ➕
    HARRIS, David appointed
    director
  31. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    DASZYNSKA, Wanda Janina resigned
    secretary
  32. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    HYLAND, Luke appointed
    secretary
  33. 2002-01-25
    ➖
    HARRIS, David resigned
    director
  34. 2001-04-03
    ➕
    MELLOR, Douglas Myron appointed
    director
  35. 2000-05-08
    ➕
    DASZYNSKA, Wanda Janina appointed
    secretary
  36. 2000-05-08
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2000-05-08
    ➕
    DASZYNSKA, Wanda Janina appointed
    director
  38. 2000-05-08
    ➕
    HARRIS, David appointed
    director
  39. 2000-05-08
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 2000-05-08
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 1999-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 17 STANLEY GARDENS LIMITED
  42. 1999-08-11
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1999-08-11
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 1999-08-11
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 79 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Jennifer Franken
Individual · British · DOB 07/1998 · age 28
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/09/2023
Ms Jessica Mary Pulay
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence03/02/2017
Mr David James Stride
Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Emma Margaret Borgerhoff Mulderceased 07/09/2023· significant influence

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

C/O Elco Accounting
24 Church Street
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
WD3 1DD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

FRANKEN, Jennifer→
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STRIDE, David James→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DASZYNSKA, Wanda Janina→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned
HYLAND, Luke→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2004-01-01
Resigned
BUSHEY SECRETARIES AND REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-04-27 · resigned 2020-05-20
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 2000-05-08
Resigned
BORGERHOFF MULDER, Emma Margaret→
director · ~39y · appointed 2010-12-14 · resigned 2023-09-07
Resigned
DASZYNSKA, Wanda Janina→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
HARRIS, David→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2003-08-19
Resigned
HARRIS, David→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2002-01-25
Resigned
MELLOR, Douglas Myron→
director · ~85y · appointed 2001-04-03 · resigned 2014-07-13
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 2000-05-08
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 2000-05-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-21