12 PRESTON PARK AVENUE BRIGHTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04334590 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-05
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-16
    ➕
    MELLOR, Elizabeth Lloyd appointed
    director
  3. 2025-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-01-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-01-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-12-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-12-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-09-08
    ➖
    MELLOR, David Alan, Professor resigned
    secretary
  14. 2023-09-08
    ➖
    MELLOR, David Alan, Professor resigned
    director
  15. 2022-09-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-02-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-07-03
    ➕
    FAZAKERLEY, Helen Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2009-06-26
    ➖
    LLOYD, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  22. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    LLOYD, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  23. 2002-09-26
    ➖
    YOUNGER, Ronald James Paton resigned
    director
  24. 2002-04-29
    ➕
    MELLOR, David Alan, Professor appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-04-29
    ➕
    MELLOR, David Alan, Professor appointed
    director
  26. 2002-01-21
    ➕
    YOUNGER, Ronald James Paton appointed
    director
  27. 2001-12-07
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-12-07
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-12-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 12 PRESTON PARK AVENUE BRIGHTON LIMITED
  30. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Elizabeth Lloyd Mellor
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/09/2023
Ms Helen Mary Fazakerley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Professor David Alan Mellorceased 08/09/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 Preston Park Avenue
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 6HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FAZAKERLEY, Helen Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MELLOR, Elizabeth Lloyd→
director · ~79y · appointed 2025-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MELLOR, David Alan, Professor→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-29 · resigned 2023-09-08
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2001-12-07
Resigned
LLOYD, Elizabeth→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2009-06-26
Resigned
MELLOR, David Alan, Professor→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-04-29 · resigned 2023-09-08
Resigned
YOUNGER, Ronald James Paton→
director · ~107y · appointed 2002-01-21 · resigned 2002-09-26
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2001-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14