19 WALDRON ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04459381 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-12

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2025-03-09
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2024-03-16
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2023-02-26
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2022-04-07
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2021-06-27
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2020-03-26
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2019-03-30
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2018-03-29
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2017-03-29
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2016-06-21
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-29
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accounts · AA
2015-06-25
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2015-06-25
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2015-03-31
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2014-07-10
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2004-01-01
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BARNES, Lynn Lynn appointed
secretary
2004-01-01
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BARNES, Russell appointed
director
2003-05-31
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FAVILLE, Elspeth Rosalinda Munthe Garmonsway resigned
secretary
2002-06-17
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CONARD, Dezrine Maria appointed
director
2002-06-17
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FAVILLE, Elspeth Rosalinda Munthe Garmonsway appointed
secretary
2002-06-17
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CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2002-06-17
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CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2002-06-12
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Company incorporated
As 19 WALDRON ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED
2002-06-12
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CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-12
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CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 64. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Russell Barnes Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/06/2017
Ms Dezrine Maria Conard Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/06/2017

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

Incorporated2002-06-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

19 & 19a

Waldron Road

Earlsfield

London

SW18 3TB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-08

Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BARNES, Lynn Lynn→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-01

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BARNES, Russell→

director · ~56y · appointed 2004-01-01

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Active

CONARD, Dezrine Maria→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-06-17

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Active

FAVILLE, Elspeth Rosalinda Munthe Garmonsway→

secretary · appointed 2002-06-17 · resigned 2003-05-31

Resigned

CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2002-06-17

Resigned

CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2002-06-17

Resigned

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