17 LEIGH STREET FLAT OWNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04473085 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-29
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 Jun 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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-232024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-06-04
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    HILL, John Charles Morley appointed
    director
  18. 2013-06-03
    ➖
    GORMAN, Alan resigned
    director
  19. 2006-07-03
    ➕
    GORMAN, Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-26
    ➖
    HILL, Enid Downham, Dr resigned
    director
  21. 2004-06-30
    ➕
    PRIEST, Louise appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-06-30
    ➖
    MOODY STUART, Elizabeth Rachel resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-08-08
    ➕
    PRIEST, Louise appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-08
    ➕
    SIMMONDS, Elizabeth Rachel appointed
    director
  25. 2002-08-08
    ➕
    MOODY STUART, Elizabeth Rachel appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-08-08
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-08-08
    ➕
    HILL, Enid Downham, Dr appointed
    director
  28. 2002-08-08
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-08-08
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-06-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 17 LEIGH STREET FLAT OWNERS LIMITED
  31. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

17 Leigh Street
London
WC1H 9EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-23
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

PRIEST, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, John Charles Morley→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIEST, Louise→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONDS, Elizabeth Rachel→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOODY STUART, Elizabeth Rachel→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-08 · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-08-08
Resigned
GORMAN, Alan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-07-03 · resigned 2013-06-03
Resigned
HILL, Enid Downham, Dr→
director · ~94y · appointed 2002-08-08 · resigned 2006-06-26
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-08-08
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03