21 & 22 MANOR COTTAGES APPROACH MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03842350 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-16

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 Sept 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

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 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	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-05-21
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2024-05-27
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2023-05-23
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2022-06-16
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2021-06-17
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2020-06-01
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2019-06-02
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2018-05-29
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2017-09-16
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2016-06-19
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2014-10-01
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2014-06-25
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2006-10-26
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GREEN, Antony Charles appointed
secretary
2006-10-26
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TAYLOR, Lee Antony resigned
secretary
2006-10-26
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TAYLOR, Lee Antony resigned
director
2006-04-01
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CHRISTIE, Robbie appointed
director
2004-10-01
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TAYLOR, Lee Antony appointed
secretary
2004-10-01
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TAYLOR, Lee Antony appointed
director
2004-09-30
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DUBROVSKAIA, Maria resigned
secretary
2004-09-30
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DUBROVSKAIA, Maria resigned
director
2000-07-06
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DUBROVSKAIA, Maria appointed
secretary
2000-07-06
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B. H. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES resigned
corporate-secretary
1999-09-16
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Company incorporated
As 21 & 22 MANOR COTTAGES APPROACH MANAGEMENT LIMITED
1999-09-16
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GREEN, Antony Charles appointed
director
1999-09-16
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PARSONS, Justine Victoria appointed
secretary
1999-09-16
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PARSONS, Justine Victoria resigned
secretary
1999-09-16
➕
B. H. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES appointed
corporate-secretary
1999-09-16
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DUBROVSKAIA, Maria appointed
director
1999-09-16
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SAUNDERS, Ian William appointed
director
1999-09-16
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SAUNDERS, Ian William resigned
director

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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Antony Charles Green Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	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

Incorporated1999-09-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

22 Manor Cottages Approach

London

N2 8JR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

GREEN, Antony Charles→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-26

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Active

CHRISTIE, Robbie→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-01

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Active

GREEN, Antony Charles→

director · ~64y · appointed 1999-09-16

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Active

DUBROVSKAIA, Maria→

secretary · appointed 2000-07-06 · resigned 2004-09-30

Resigned

PARSONS, Justine Victoria→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 1999-09-16

Resigned

TAYLOR, Lee Antony→

secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2006-10-26

Resigned

B. H. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2000-07-06

Resigned

DUBROVSKAIA, Maria→

director · ~56y · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2004-09-30

Resigned

SAUNDERS, Ian William→

director · ~61y · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 1999-09-16

Resigned

TAYLOR, Lee Antony→

director · ~53y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2006-10-26

Resigned

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