20 HARWOOD ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04037387 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-20
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£2k£3k£5k£6kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3£3
Current assets£5.6k£5.6k
Net assets£3£3

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-06-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-31
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-07-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-07-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-03-12
    ➕
    JAMESON, Richard Morpeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-03-12
    ➖
    PAILEX CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2000-09-18
    ➕
    DAVIS, Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-18
    ➕
    JAMESON, Richard Morpeth appointed
    director
  21. 2000-09-18
    ➖
    KROPMAN, Jonathan Ronald resigned
    director
  22. 2000-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 HARWOOD ROAD LIMITED
  23. 2000-07-20
    ➕
    PAILEX CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2000-07-20
    ➕
    KROPMAN, Jonathan Ronald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Richard Morpeth Jameson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Richard Davis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

22 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1LS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JAMESON, Richard Morpeth→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMESON, Richard Morpeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAILEX CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-07-20 · resigned 2001-03-12
Resigned
KROPMAN, Jonathan Ronald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-07-20 · resigned 2000-09-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-22