40 ST JOHN'S LANE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04413246 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-10

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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2022-12-09
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2021-12-22
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2020-12-09
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2018-12-06
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2017-12-20
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2016-11-10
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2016-04-19
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-16
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2015-04-16
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2014-04-11
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2004-09-30
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LEONARD, Brian Henry resigned
director
2002-04-10
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Company incorporated
As 40 ST JOHN'S LANE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2002-04-10
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TAYLOR, Jane Margaret appointed
secretary
2002-04-10
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JEFFERIS, Deborah Clare appointed
director
2002-04-10
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MURPHY, Patrick Howard appointed
director
2002-04-10
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TAYLOR, Jane Margaret appointed
director
2002-04-10
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LEONARD, Brian Henry appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Deborah Clare Jefferis Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Patrick Howard Murphy Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Ms Jane Margaret Taylor Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-04-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

40 Saint Johns Lane

London

EC1M 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

TAYLOR, Jane Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

JEFFERIS, Deborah Clare→

director · ~67y · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

MURPHY, Patrick Howard→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

TAYLOR, Jane Margaret→

director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-10

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Active

LEONARD, Brian Henry→

director · ~78y · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2004-09-30

Resigned

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