17 BECKENHAM GROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04175073 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-08

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 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

80/100Exceptional

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 £1,208

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,805 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↓ 80% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.2k	£9.0k
Current assets	£5.0k	£8.4k
Net assets	£1.2k	£6.0k

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 (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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2024-09-16
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2022-09-05
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2021-04-08
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2020-12-23
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2019-12-13
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2018-05-08
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2017-08-18
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2016-11-02
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2016-03-10
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2015-08-25
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2015-03-09
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2014-04-17
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2014-03-13
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2005-11-14
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ANDERSON, Raymond Kenneth resigned
director
2001-03-08
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Company incorporated
As 17 BECKENHAM GROVE LIMITED
2001-03-08
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CURTIS, Wendy Jayne appointed
secretary
2001-03-08
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CURTIS, Wendy Jayne appointed
director
2001-03-08
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WELLS, Christopher Mark appointed
director
2001-03-08
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TOTAL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-08
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TOTAL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-03-08
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ANDERSON, Raymond Kenneth appointed
director
2001-03-08
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TOTAL COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
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2001-03-08
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TOTAL COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Wendy Jayne Curtis Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Mark Wells Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64	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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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168-170 CLAPHAM PARK ROAD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED→ 02131713 · est 1987 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	38y	—	—
17 DURHAM AVENUE (NO2) LIMITED→ 03321227 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	—	—
17 ELDON PARK LIMITED→ 14191739 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
17 HAMMELTON ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 15029492 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
17 ONGAR ROAD RTM COMPANY LIMITED→ 07880288 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
17 PALACE GROVE BROMLEY LIMITED→ 05945445 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
172 PECKHAM RYE LIMITED→ 03062378 · est 1995 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	—	—
18 BREAKSPEARS ROAD LTD.→ 04592108 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
18 BROCKLEY PARK FOREST HILL LIMITED→ 09377783 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-03-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

17a Beckenham Grove

Bromley

Kent

BR2 0JN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CURTIS, Wendy Jayne→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-08

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Active

CURTIS, Wendy Jayne→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-03-08

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Active

WELLS, Christopher Mark→

director · ~64y · appointed 2001-03-08

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Active

TOTAL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2001-03-08

Resigned

ANDERSON, Raymond Kenneth→

director · ~81y · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2005-11-14

Resigned

TOTAL COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2001-03-08

Resigned

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