423 FOOTSCRAY ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04238193 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-20

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£11.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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

14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,958

Cash YoY

+32%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11k

↑ 32% YoY

Net Worth

£11k

↑ 40% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£17.5k	£14.3k
Cash	£11.0k	£8.3k
Net assets	£11.0k	£7.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-03-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-09
📄
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-03-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-20
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-20
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-20
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-15
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
➕
ANDREEVA, Velina appointed
director
2022-08-05
➖
VOICE, Kelly Amanda resigned
director
2022-03-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
➕
TAVARES DE SOUSA, Bruno Miguel appointed
director
2021-10-01
➖
TAPPONNIER, Katie resigned
director
2021-06-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-18
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2007-11-01
➖
CHAPMAN, Christopher Roy resigned
director
2007-11-01
➖
MALLERY, Kathryn Amanda resigned
director
2007-11-01
➕
TAPPONNIER, Katie appointed
director
2005-09-15
➕
CHAPMAN, Christopher Roy appointed
director
2005-09-15
➕
MALLERY, Kathryn Amanda appointed
director
2005-09-15
➖
MORBIN, Richard resigned
director
2004-10-19
➕
TWORT, Elizabeth Ivy appointed
director
2004-08-18
➖
SMITH, Anthony Michael resigned
director
2002-10-10
➕
MORBIN, Richard appointed
director
2002-08-01
➖
HURT, Vanessa Ann resigned
director
2002-06-20
➕
HURT, Vanessa Ann appointed
director
2001-06-20
🏢
Company incorporated
As 423 FOOTSCRAY ROAD LIMITED
2001-06-20
➕
THORPE, Carol appointed
secretary
2001-06-20
➕
THORPE, Carol appointed
director
2001-06-20
➕
RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-20
➖
RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-20
➕
SMITH, Anthony Michael appointed
director
2001-06-20
➕
VOICE, Kelly Amanda appointed
director
2001-06-20
➕
RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-06-20
➖
RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 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 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 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
Mrs Carol Thorpe Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	09/03/2026

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · SE postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
68 NAIL & SPA LTD→ 14810584 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
6S SYSTEMS LTD→ 11340970 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
79ER LIMITED→ 16107960 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
84 JERNINGHAM ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 05582861 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
89 ERLANGER ROAD LTD→ 10566158 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
8EE CONSULTANCY LTD→ 15546724 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
9 AND 10 HAMLET CLOSE LIMITED→ 14498808 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
A1 LANDLORD REPAIRS LTD→ 16298851 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
A1 PROFESSIONAL CLEANERS LIMITED→ 13714994 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
AA ARCHITECTURAL RECLAIM LTD→ 07976484 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
AA4 SERVICES LTD→ 13300966 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
AAA SQUID LTD→ 11019598 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

423 Footscray Road

New Eltham

London

SE9 3UL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20