14-20 PEACHEY ROAD SELSEY (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03931581 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£4
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
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
🔒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.

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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 £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1£2£2£3£4Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£4£4
Current assets£4£4
Net assets£4£4

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-09-01
    ➕
    MCCARTHY, Raymond James appointed
    director
  8. 2022-09-01
    ➖
    STOCKS, Joshua resigned
    director
  9. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-11
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    STOCKS, Joshua appointed
    director
  11. 2021-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-10-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-09-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-09-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2018-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-12
    ➖
    COLE, Guy Anthony Nicholas resigned
    secretary
  20. 2017-07-12
    ➖
    COLE, Guy Anthony Nicholas resigned
    director
  21. 2014-10-16
    ➖
    FITCH, William Duncan Barrington Kennedy resigned
    director
  22. 2000-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 14-20 PEACHEY ROAD SELSEY (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED
  23. 2000-02-23
    ➕
    FORMBY, Michael Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2000-02-23
    ➕
    COLE, Guy Anthony Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-02-23
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-02-23
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-02-23
    ➕
    COLE, Guy Anthony Nicholas appointed
    director
  28. 2000-02-23
    ➕
    FITCH, William Duncan Barrington Kennedy 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Robert Formby
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/10/2018

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
Incorporated2000-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

18 Peachey Road
Selsey
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 0LG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FORMBY, Michael Robert→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCARTHY, Raymond James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2022-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Guy Anthony Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-23 · resigned 2017-07-12
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-23 · resigned 2000-02-23
Resigned
COLE, Guy Anthony Nicholas→
director · ~87y · appointed 2000-02-23 · resigned 2017-07-12
Resigned
FITCH, William Duncan Barrington Kennedy→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-02-23 · resigned 2014-10-16
Resigned
STOCKS, Joshua→
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-06-11 · resigned 2022-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05