37 DRAGON PARADE (HARROGATE) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04026406 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-04

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£4.4k

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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,409

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£4.4k	£3.4k
Current assets	£4.2k	£3.3k
Net assets	£4.4k	£3.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

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2020-04-08
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2010-04-26
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RAYNER, John Nicholas appointed
secretary
2009-11-07
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RAYNER, John Nicholas appointed
director
2009-11-06
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GOODWIN, Simon Charles resigned
secretary
2009-11-06
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GOODWIN, Simon Charles resigned
director
2005-05-27
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PHILLIPS, Jayne Louise resigned
secretary
2003-08-16
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PHILLIPS, Jayne Louise resigned
director
2003-08-11
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ASHMORE, Peter Michael appointed
director
2003-04-23
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GOODWIN, Simon Charles appointed
secretary
2003-04-23
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GOODWIN, Simon Charles appointed
director
2000-07-04
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Company incorporated
As 37 DRAGON PARADE (HARROGATE) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2000-07-04
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PYE, Susan Jane appointed
director
2000-07-04
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PHILLIPS, Jayne Louise appointed
secretary
2000-07-04
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C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-04
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C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-04
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PHILLIPS, Jayne Louise appointed
director
2000-07-04
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C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-07-04
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C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Michael Ashmore Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Ms Susan Jane Pye Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Nicholas Rayner Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-07-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

37 Dragon Parade

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG1 5DG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-18

Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

RAYNER, John Nicholas→

secretary · appointed 2010-04-26

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Active

ASHMORE, Peter Michael→

director · ~81y · appointed 2003-08-11

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Active

PYE, Susan Jane→

director · ~56y · appointed 2000-07-04

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Active

RAYNER, John Nicholas→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-11-07

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Active

GOODWIN, Simon Charles→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2009-11-06

Resigned

PHILLIPS, Jayne Louise→

secretary · appointed 2000-07-04 · resigned 2005-05-27

Resigned

C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-04 · resigned 2000-07-04

Resigned

GOODWIN, Simon Charles→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2009-11-06

Resigned

PHILLIPS, Jayne Louise→

director · ~62y · appointed 2000-07-04 · resigned 2003-08-16

Resigned

C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-04 · resigned 2000-07-04

Resigned

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