58-60 GREAT EASTERN STREET (MANAGEMENT) COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03897153 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-20
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-16
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-08-16
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  5. 2021-09-10
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-09-24
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  8. 2018-09-24
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  9. 2017-09-22
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  10. 2016-10-01
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  11. 2016-05-28
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  12. 2016-05-27
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  13. 2016-05-24
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  14. 2015-08-25
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  15. 2015-04-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-09-15
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    HIX, Mark resigned
    director
  17. 2004-04-27
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    CODY, Martin resigned
    director
  18. 2004-02-26
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    HAMILTON, Luke Edward resigned
    director
  19. 2003-08-04
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    BAVASSO, Antonio Francesco appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-08-04
    ➕
    BAVASSO, Antonio Francesco appointed
    director
  21. 2003-08-04
    ➖
    HIX, Mark resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-08-04
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    HIX, Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2000-02-04
    ➕
    FLACH, Timothy Irvine appointed
    director
  24. 2000-02-04
    ➕
    HIX, Mark appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-02-04
    ➖
    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-02-04
    ➕
    CODY, Martin appointed
    director
  27. 2000-02-04
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Luke Edward appointed
    director
  28. 2000-02-04
    ➖
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
    nominee-director
  29. 1999-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 58-60 GREAT EASTERN STREET (MANAGEMENT) COMPANY LIMITED
  30. 1999-12-20
    ➕
    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-12-20
    ➕
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Incorporated1999-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

58/60 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 3QR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BAVASSO, Antonio Francesco→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAVASSO, Antonio Francesco→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLACH, Timothy Irvine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIX, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-04 · resigned 2003-08-04
Resigned
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-20 · resigned 2000-02-04
Resigned
CODY, Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-02-04 · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned
HAMILTON, Luke Edward→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-02-04 · resigned 2004-02-26
Resigned
HIX, Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-08-04 · resigned 2005-09-15
Resigned
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→
nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 1999-12-20 · resigned 2000-02-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-28