4 Q.P. MANAGEMENT CO. LTD

🌳Matureactive

03949525 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-16

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	500

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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2024-09-18
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2023-07-06
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accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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officers · CH01
2022-10-03
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accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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2020-10-02
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accounts · AA
2019-06-19
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accounts · AA
2018-07-18
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accounts · AA
2017-08-24
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KING, Kenneth John resigned
director
2017-08-24
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officers · TM01
2017-08-23
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officers · AP01
2017-08-23
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officers · AP01
2017-08-23
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officers · TM01
2017-08-23
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officers · TM01
2017-08-08
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DAVIS, Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-08-08
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RUSHFORTH, Alan Granville appointed
director
2017-08-08
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GAMMAGE, Melinda Pauline resigned
director
2017-08-08
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GAMMAGE, Robin Stanley resigned
director
2017-06-19
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2015-06-15
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MCCARTHY, Joseph resigned
director
2015-06-01
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SMITH, Sarah Madeleine Webster appointed
director
2007-05-01
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KING, Brenda Alice appointed
director
2007-05-01
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KING, Kenneth John appointed
director
2004-04-02
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GAMMAGE, Melinda Pauline appointed
director
2004-04-02
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GAMMAGE, Robin Stanley appointed
director
2004-03-31
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HENSHER, Stanley David resigned
director
2004-02-16
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RATCLIFFE, Michael Richardson resigned
director
2004-02-09
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MCCARTHY, Joseph appointed
director
2004-02-01
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MURRAY, Alexandra appointed
secretary
2004-01-31
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BUTLER, David Harold resigned
secretary
2004-01-31
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BUTLER, David Harold resigned
director
2003-05-06
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MURRAY, Alexandra appointed
director
2003-03-18
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EAGER, Georgina Edith Kay resigned
director
2003-03-06
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BUTLER, David Harold appointed
secretary
2003-03-06
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COTTON, Hazel resigned
secretary
2003-03-06
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BUTLER, David Harold appointed
director
2003-03-06
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EAGER, Georgina Edith Kay appointed
director
2003-03-06
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HENSHER, Stanley David appointed
director
2000-03-16
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Company incorporated
As 4 Q.P. MANAGEMENT CO. LTD
2000-03-16
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COTTON, Hazel appointed
secretary
2000-03-16
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RATCLIFFE, Michael Richardson appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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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23 ST. GEORGE'S STREET LIMITED→ 02597394 · est 1991 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	35y	—	—
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25 WARRINGTON CRESCENT (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED→ 02508350 · est 1990 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	35y	—	—
36 EVESHAM ROAD RESIDENTS COMPANY LIMITED→ 02257090 · est 1988 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	37y	—	—
36 JERSEY STREET LTD→ 12800251 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
36 MSR LIMITED→ 16423667 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
41 CURZON ROAD LIMITED→ 04826748 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
41, UPPER BRISTOL ROAD, WESTON-SUPER-MARE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 01601151 · est 1981 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	44y	—	—
42 HAMPTON ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 01797918 · est 1984 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	42y	—	—
42 LANSDOWN CRESCENT MANAGEMENT LTD→ 06088729 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
42 MILTON ROAD LTD→ 10660729 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
42 WARRINGTON CRESCENT LIMITED→ 02902179 · est 1994 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	32y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Apartment 3

4 Queens Parade

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL50 3BB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19