12 LIMES GROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04289830 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-19
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-06-30
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  3. 2023-06-23
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-07-21
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  6. 2020-10-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2020-10-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-08-13
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    BAYLISS, Rhea Louise appointed
    director
  9. 2020-08-13
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    LEWITT, Adam Gregory resigned
    director
  10. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  12. 2018-06-28
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  13. 2017-06-29
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  14. 2016-10-02
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  15. 2016-06-13
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  16. 2015-10-14
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  17. 2015-09-08
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    address · AD01
  18. 2015-03-16
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    LUGOSI, Katalin resigned
    director
  19. 2015-02-02
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    LEWITT, Adam Gregory appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-30
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    LUGOSI, Katalin appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-29
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    FOX, Rachel resigned
    director
  22. 2001-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 12 LIMES GROVE LIMITED
  23. 2001-09-19
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    GORDON, Flavia Veronica appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-09-19
    ➕
    GORDON, Flavia Veronica appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-19
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-09-19
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-09-19
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    FOX, Rachel appointed
    director
  28. 2001-09-19
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-09-19
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Flavia Veronica Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

17 Chilthorne Close Chilthorne Close
London
SE6 4YW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GORDON, Flavia Veronica→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-19
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Active
BAYLISS, Rhea Louise→
director · ~36y · appointed 2020-08-13
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Active
GORDON, Flavia Veronica→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2001-09-19
Resigned
FOX, Rachel→
director · ~55y · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2007-06-29
Resigned
LEWITT, Adam Gregory→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-02-02 · resigned 2020-08-13
Resigned
LUGOSI, Katalin→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-06-30 · resigned 2015-03-16
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2001-09-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30