12 DURHAM TERRACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04053193 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-15

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 Aug 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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

15 officers (7 active, 15 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

88 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-29
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officers · CH01
2026-04-29
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officers · AP01
2026-04-29
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accounts · AA
2025-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
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officers · AP03
2025-05-12
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officers · AP01
2025-05-12
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officers · TM01
2025-05-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-22
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officers · TM02
2025-04-14
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WATT, Bruce resigned
secretary
2025-03-14
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DAVIES, Jack Michael appointed
secretary
2025-03-14
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DAVIES, Demelza Odette appointed
director
2025-03-14
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DAVIES, Jack Michael appointed
director
2025-03-14
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BYHAM, William resigned
director
2024-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-27
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HUGHES, Joanne resigned
secretary
2019-08-27
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WATT, Bruce appointed
secretary
2018-06-29
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HUGHES, Joanne appointed
secretary
2014-05-06
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REIL, Torsten appointed
director
2014-05-06
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GLANMOOR INVESTMENTS resigned
corporate-director
2013-04-24
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GLANMOOR INVESTMENTS appointed
corporate-director
2012-11-26
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VERNON-HUNT, James David appointed
secretary
2012-11-26
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HARRIS, Adrian Charles resigned
secretary
2012-11-26
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HARRIS, Adrian Charles resigned
director
2001-01-05
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BUCKLEY, John appointed
director
2001-01-05
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VERNON-HUNT, James David appointed
director
2001-01-05
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HARRIS, Adrian Charles appointed
secretary
2001-01-05
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FORSTERS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-05
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BYHAM, William appointed
director
2001-01-05
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FAGAN, Paul William resigned
director
2001-01-05
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HARRIS, Adrian Charles appointed
director
2000-08-15
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Company incorporated
As 12 DURHAM TERRACE LIMITED
2000-08-15
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FORSTERS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-08-15
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FAGAN, Paul William appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jack Michael Davies Individual · British · DOB 05/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/03/2025
Mrs Demelza Odette Davies Individual · British · DOB 07/1995 · age 31	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/03/2025
Mr James David Vernon-Hunt Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/08/2016
Mr John Buckley Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/08/2016
Mr Torsten Reil Individual · German · DOB 10/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/08/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr James David Vernon-Huntceased 29/04/2026· 25-50% shares
Mr William Byhamceased 14/03/2025· significant influence

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

Incorporated2000-08-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12b Durham Terrace

London

W2 5PB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-06

Last: 2026-04-22