152-162 CHICHESTER ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03848133 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-08-17
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    GREENFIELD, Ian James resigned
    director
  16. 2016-08-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-05-18
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    EAST, Gordon Barry appointed
    director
  18. 2010-12-01
    ➖
    NELSON, Christopher David John resigned
    director
  19. 2010-11-10
    ➕
    WILSON, Rachel Yvonne appointed
    director
  20. 2010-04-14
    ➖
    NELSON, Christopher David John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-03
    ➕
    GREENFIELD, Ian James appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-03
    ➖
    MOYLE, Robert Charles Murray resigned
    director
  23. 2007-09-21
    ➕
    MOYLE, Robert Charles Murray appointed
    director
  24. 2002-07-20
    ➖
    LUCK, Alan John resigned
    director
  25. 2000-03-02
    ➖
    FULCHER, William Robert resigned
    director
  26. 2000-03-02
    ➕
    LUCK, Alan John appointed
    director
  27. 1999-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 152-162 CHICHESTER ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  28. 1999-09-24
    ➕
    NELSON, Christopher David John appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-09-24
    ➕
    FULCHER, William Robert appointed
    director
  30. 1999-09-24
    ➕
    NELSON, Christopher David John appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

42 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

EAST, Gordon Barry→
director · ~80y · appointed 2016-05-18
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Active
WILSON, Rachel Yvonne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-10
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Active
NELSON, Christopher David John→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-24 · resigned 2010-04-14
Resigned
FULCHER, William Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-09-24 · resigned 2000-03-02
Resigned
GREENFIELD, Ian James→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-03-03 · resigned 2016-08-17
Resigned
LUCK, Alan John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-03-02 · resigned 2002-07-20
Resigned
MOYLE, Robert Charles Murray→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2008-03-03
Resigned
NELSON, Christopher David John→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-09-24 · resigned 2010-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05