14 THE OVAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04321344 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-13

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£22.0k

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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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 (6 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 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.

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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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £22,004

Cash YoY

+7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£22k

↑ 6.7% YoY

Net Worth

£22k

↑ 9.8% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 9.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£22.0k	£20.0k
Current assets	£22.4k	£20.4k
Cash	£21.8k	£20.4k
Debtors	£578	—
Net assets	£22.0k	£20.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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2025-11-14
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officers · CH01
2025-10-16
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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accounts · AA
2021-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
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accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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officers · CH01
2019-11-14
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officers · AP01
2019-11-14
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officers · TM01
2019-08-23
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accounts · AA
2019-05-06
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TURNER, Glenys appointed
director
2019-05-06
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TAYLOR, Moira resigned
director
2018-11-16
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accounts · AA
2018-01-04
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accounts · AA
2017-11-23
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officers · CH03
2017-11-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-07-28
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HAZEL-OWRAM, George appointed
director
2017-07-28
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RAW, Denise resigned
director
2015-12-15
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MAURER, Jon Robert appointed
secretary
2014-10-15
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CAINE, Gary James resigned
director
2014-10-15
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RAW, Denise appointed
director
2013-02-11
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MAURER, Jon Robert appointed
director
2013-02-11
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BUSH, Shirley Ann resigned
director
2012-01-24
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BILTON, Paul Francis appointed
director
2010-02-24
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BUSH, Shirley Ann appointed
director
2010-02-24
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ERNST, John Jeffrey resigned
director
2009-06-16
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LINDLEY, Susanna Jane resigned
secretary
2009-06-16
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LINDLEY, Susanna Jane resigned
director
2004-12-12
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STEPHENS, Anita Kate resigned
director
2004-10-25
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CAINE, Gary James appointed
director
2004-04-24
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ERNST, John Jeffrey appointed
director
2004-04-24
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TAYLOR, Moira appointed
director
2004-01-20
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DAVISON, Gillian Margaret resigned
director
2003-10-08
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LINDLEY, Susanna Jane appointed
secretary
2003-06-12
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BRITTON, Christopher William appointed
director
2003-03-24
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KNIGHT, Jean Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2003-03-24
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KNIGHT, Phillip John resigned
director
2002-12-17
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STEPHENS, Anita Kate appointed
director
2002-02-08
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LINDLEY, Susanna Jane appointed
director
2001-12-21
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DAVISON, Gillian Margaret appointed
director
2001-11-13
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Company incorporated
As 14 THE OVAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2001-11-13
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KNIGHT, Jean Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2001-11-13
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-13
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-13
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KNIGHT, Phillip John appointed
director
2001-11-13
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-11-13
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2001-11-13
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 4 14 The Oval

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG2 9BA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13