24 WESTCOTE ROAD (READING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04377623 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-20

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.7k

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

22 officers (5 active, 22 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

102 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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,661

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

Current Assets

£5

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.7k	—
Current assets	£5	—
Debtors	£5	—
Net assets	£2.7k	—
Average employees	—	0

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-07-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-23
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-07-17
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CLEAVER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT resigned
corporate-secretary
2025-07-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
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BAKER, Timothy appointed
director
2024-07-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-18
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RAYIT, Narinderjeet appointed
director
2023-07-26
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CHANSECS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-07-26
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-07-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-12
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CLEAVER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT appointed
corporate-secretary
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
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COCA FERNANDEZ, Raquel appointed
director
2021-05-14
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MARSH, Heather resigned
director
2021-05-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-18
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MARSH, Heather appointed
director
2017-02-01
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SANTOS, Eduardo Machado resigned
director
2016-12-19
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COCKS, Daniel resigned
director
2016-07-04
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CONTOS, Maria Del Carmen appointed
director
2015-04-30
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HIBBS, Gillian resigned
director
2015-03-01
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CHANSECS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-09-28
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FEAR, Matthew resigned
director
2013-06-26
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SANTOS, Eduardo Machado appointed
director
2013-06-26
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STEWART-SMITH, Christopher John resigned
director
2010-03-05
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HIBBS, Gillian resigned
secretary
2010-01-14
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STEWART-SMITH, Christopher John appointed
director
2010-01-12
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MCKEEVER, James Andrew resigned
director
2008-09-25
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CERNICA, Marius resigned
director
2008-08-08
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NICHOLLS, Justin, Mr. appointed
director
2007-08-16
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COCKS, Daniel appointed
director
2007-07-02
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HARRISON, Anne Denise resigned
secretary
2007-07-02
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HIBBS, Gillian appointed
secretary
2007-07-02
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HARRISON, Anne Denise resigned
director
2006-02-09
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FEAR, Matthew appointed
director
2004-11-08
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COCKLIN, Thomas Joseph resigned
director
2002-07-10
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HARRISON, Anne Denise appointed
secretary
2002-07-10
➖
HIBBS, Gillian resigned
secretary
2002-07-10
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COCKLIN, Thomas Joseph appointed
director
2002-07-10
➖
ILES, John Charles resigned
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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.)

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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

Incorporated2002-02-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

24 Westcote Road

Reading

RG30 2DE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20