28 PEMBRIDGE CRESCENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04146197 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-23

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 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

72 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

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Net Worth

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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
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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TWOMEY, Paul resigned
secretary
2026-04-07
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officers · TM02
2025-08-22
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accounts · AA
2024-03-18
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accounts · AA
2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-12-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-08-22
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accounts · AA
2013-02-18
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RILEY, Michael Gordon appointed
director
2004-09-29
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BALLS, Matthew John appointed
director
2001-01-23
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Company incorporated
As 28 PEMBRIDGE CRESCENT LIMITED
2001-01-23
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REDFERN, Paul Ainsworth appointed
director
2001-01-23
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TWOMEY, Paul appointed
secretary
2001-01-23
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HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-23
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HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-23
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HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-01-23
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HALLMARK 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Ainsworth Redfern Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Michael Gordon Riley Individual · Canadian · DOB 11/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Matthew John Balls Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

40 Welbeck Street

London

W1G 8LN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BALLS, Matthew John→

director · ~56y · appointed 2004-09-29

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Active

REDFERN, Paul Ainsworth→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-01-23

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Active

RILEY, Michael Gordon→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-02-18

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Active

TWOMEY, Paul→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2026-04-07

Resigned

HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2001-01-23

Resigned

HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2001-01-23

Resigned

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