28 NORFOLK SQUARE LTD

🌳Matureactive

04133867 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-29

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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

20 officers (7 active, 20 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

92 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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-09-02
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accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2023-09-03
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accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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GLASS, Alison Claire appointed
director
2023-03-29
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GLASS, Peter Benjamin appointed
director
2023-03-29
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officers · AP01
2023-03-29
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officers · AP01
2023-03-28
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TELFORD, Jack Stephen resigned
director
2023-03-28
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officers · TM01
2022-08-25
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accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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accounts · AA
2019-09-11
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accounts · AA
2018-10-18
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officers · TM01
2018-10-18
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officers · AP01
2018-10-10
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BEDERNA, Laszlo resigned
director
2018-10-10
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TELFORD, Jack Stephen appointed
director
2018-09-20
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accounts · AA
2017-09-22
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accounts · AA
2013-05-18
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DOHR, Anthony Heinrich appointed
director
2013-05-17
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WILSON, Pascal Robert Polhill resigned
director
2011-11-01
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BEDERNA, Laszlo appointed
director
2011-11-01
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MILLS, Lester resigned
director
2008-12-01
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CAVEY, Adam resigned
secretary
2008-12-01
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CAVEY, Adam resigned
director
2008-02-12
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PEDLEY, Toby John resigned
secretary
2008-02-12
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PEDLEY, Toby John resigned
director
2008-02-09
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CAVEY, Adam appointed
secretary
2008-02-09
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CAVEY, Adam appointed
director
2008-02-01
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CAVEY, John Adam, Director/Secretary appointed
secretary
2008-02-01
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CAVEY, John Adam, Director/Secretary appointed
director
2008-02-01
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MITCHELL, Jeff appointed
director
2008-02-01
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WILSON, Pascal Robert Polhill appointed
director
2005-02-23
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PEDLEY, Toby John appointed
secretary
2005-02-17
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BADER, Kerstin resigned
secretary
2005-02-17
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BADER, Kerstin resigned
director
2004-01-10
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BADER, Kerstin appointed
secretary
2004-01-10
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PEDLEY, Toby John resigned
secretary
2004-01-10
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BADER, Kerstin appointed
director
2004-01-10
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MILLS, Lester appointed
director
2001-01-04
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OLDFIELD, Graham Marcus appointed
director
2001-01-04
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PEDLEY, Toby John appointed
secretary
2001-01-04
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STARTCO LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-04
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PEDLEY, Toby John appointed
director
2001-01-04
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NEWCO LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2000-12-29
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Company incorporated
As 28 NORFOLK SQUARE LTD
2000-12-29
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STARTCO LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-12-29
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NEWCO LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

-6 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 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Director/Secretary John Adam Cavey Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	05/08/2016

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

Incorporated2000-12-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

3 South View

Somerhill Avenue

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 1RJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last: 2025-12-15