1-8 CRANE COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03875651 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-11
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees3300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-15
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    GRAND, Paul Crispian Charles resigned
    director
  5. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-05
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-04-24
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    HARDING, Stephen James appointed
    director
  14. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-05-24
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    JAHN, Lee resigned
    director
  17. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-12-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2018-12-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2018-05-16
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    JAHN, Lee appointed
    director
  22. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    BRODIA SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2018-05-01
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Leslie Albert resigned
    secretary
  24. 2013-01-31
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Leslie Albert appointed
    director
  25. 2013-01-31
    ➖
    LEWIS, Jean Audrey resigned
    secretary
  26. 2013-01-31
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Leslie Albert appointed
    secretary
  27. 2013-01-31
    ➖
    LEWIS, Jean Audrey resigned
    director
  28. 2000-01-22
    ➕
    GRAND, Paul Crispian Charles appointed
    director
  29. 1999-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 1-8 CRANE COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  30. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    LEWIS, Jean Audrey appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1999-11-11
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    LEWIS, Jean Audrey appointed
    director
  34. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1999-11-11
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Harding
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/04/2021
Mr Leslie Albert Wright
Individual · British · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Leslie Albert Wrightceased 14/12/2018· significant influence
  • Paul Crispian Charles Grandceased 15/12/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated1999-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Barttelot Court
Barttelot Road,
Horsham,
West Sussex
RH12 1DQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

BRODIA SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDING, Stephen James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Leslie Albert→
director · ~82y · appointed 2013-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Jean Audrey→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-11 · resigned 2013-01-31
Resigned
WRIGHT, Leslie Albert→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-31 · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-11 · resigned 1999-11-11
Resigned
GRAND, Paul Crispian Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-01-22 · resigned 2025-12-15
Resigned
JAHN, Lee→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-05-16 · resigned 2019-05-24
Resigned
LEWIS, Jean Audrey→
director · ~93y · appointed 1999-11-11 · resigned 2013-01-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-11 · resigned 1999-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-08