13-45 ENGADINE CLOSE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03848210 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-24
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£22.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
96 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.
See pricing →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 £22,123
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£22k
Current Assets
£22k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £56.2k | — |
| Current assets | £22.0k | — |
| Net assets | £22.1k | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-22➖HOLLIDGE, Steven John resigneddirector
- 2019-07-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-24➕COX, Gary Robert Spencer appointeddirector
- 2016-01-24➕HOLLIDGE, Steven John appointeddirector
- 2015-12-12➖EUSTACE, Sheila Dora resigneddirector
- 2009-03-31➖NELSON, Christopher David John resignedsecretary
- 2005-04-01➖BRISTOW, Patrick Michael resigneddirector
- 2004-09-29➕ELLIOTT, Stuart Charles appointeddirector
- 2004-03-31➖OLIVER, Alison resigneddirector
- 2004-03-31➖OLIVER, Anthony John resigneddirector
- 2003-11-18➖BELLMAN, John Stuart resigneddirector
- 2003-11-18➖WINTER, Peter Frederick resigneddirector
- 2002-09-17➕OLIVER, Alison appointeddirector
- 2002-09-17➕OLIVER, Anthony John appointeddirector
- 2000-03-01➕BELLMAN, John Stuart appointeddirector
- 2000-03-01➕BRISTOW, Patrick Michael appointeddirector
- 2000-03-01➕EUSTACE, Sheila Dora appointeddirector
- 2000-03-01➖FULCHER, William Robert resigneddirector
- 2000-03-01➖NELSON, Christopher David John resigneddirector
- 2000-03-01➕WINTER, Peter Frederick appointeddirector
- 1999-09-24🏢Company incorporatedAs 13-45 ENGADINE CLOSE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
- 1999-09-24➕NELSON, Christopher David John appointedsecretary
- 1999-09-24➕FULCHER, William Robert appointeddirector
- 1999-09-24➕NELSON, Christopher David John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 22 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
cleanNo 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 Stuart Charles Elliott Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
2 Unitec House
Albert Place
London
N3 1QB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24
Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)
COX, Gary Robert Spencer→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ELLIOTT, Stuart Charles→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NELSON, Christopher David John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-09-24 · resigned 2009-03-31
BELLMAN, John Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2003-11-18
BRISTOW, Patrick Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2005-04-01
EUSTACE, Sheila Dora→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2015-12-12
FULCHER, William Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1999-09-24 · resigned 2000-03-01
HOLLIDGE, Steven John→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2016-01-24 · resigned 2019-07-22
NELSON, Christopher David John→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 1999-09-24 · resigned 2000-03-01
OLIVER, Alison→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2004-03-31
OLIVER, Anthony John→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2004-03-31
WINTER, Peter Frederick→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2003-11-18
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Recent filings (96 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
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2025-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04