WAVENEY FLAT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04323597 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-15

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

£5.9k

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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

72 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

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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,873

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£5.9k	£5.9k
Net assets	£5.9k	£5.9k

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.

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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 (31 events)Click to expand

2025-11-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-16
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PILLOW, Nigel Ian resigned
director
2025-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-12-10
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MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2019-11-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2008-05-25
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ZOEGA, Jane Gudrun appointed
director
2008-05-24
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FLETCHER, Robert John resigned
director
2003-10-03
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COBB, David William resigned
director
2001-11-15
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Company incorporated
As WAVENEY FLAT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2001-11-15
➕
GALPIN, David John appointed
director
2001-11-15
➕
MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-11-15
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-15
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-15
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COBB, David William appointed
director
2001-11-15
➕
FLETCHER, Robert John appointed
director
2001-11-15
➕
PILLOW, Nigel Ian appointed
director
2001-11-15
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-11-15
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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
Mr David John Galpin Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Ms Jane Gudrun Zoega Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Nigel Ian Pillowceased 16/11/2025· significant influence

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

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6 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

Incorporated2001-11-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Centuries

35 East Street

Blandford Forum

Dorset

DT11 7DU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-29

Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

GALPIN, David John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-11-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ZOEGA, Jane Gudrun→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-05-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2019-12-10

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2001-11-15

Resigned

COBB, David William→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2003-10-03

Resigned

FLETCHER, Robert John→

director · ~84y · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2008-05-24

Resigned

PILLOW, Nigel Ian→

director · ~83y · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2025-11-16

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2001-11-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-26

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-11-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-05-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-02-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-15

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2021-01-15