44 GUNTER GROVE RESIDENTS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04513787 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-16
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£4
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
98 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4
~ YoY
Current Assets
-£3k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£3k-£3k-£2k-£1k-£684£4Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£556£547
Current assets£-3.4k£-3.4k
Net assets£4£4

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

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Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-10-22
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  3. 2024-01-11
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  4. 2023-02-04
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  6. 2023-02-04
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  7. 2022-11-02
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  8. 2021-12-01
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  9. 2020-12-09
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  10. 2020-12-04
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  11. 2020-12-04
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  12. 2020-12-03
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  13. 2020-04-04
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    FORCEN, Fernando De Abiega appointed
    director
  14. 2020-04-04
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    RANDALL, Suzanna resigned
    director
  15. 2020-02-24
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  16. 2019-05-20
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  17. 2018-05-11
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  18. 2017-05-08
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  19. 2014-09-11
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    PURKAYASTHA, Sheela, Dr resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-06-01
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    RANDALL, Suzanna appointed
    director
  21. 2014-06-01
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    STRACHAN COWIE, Peter Desmond resigned
    director
  22. 2013-09-16
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    GRIMSTONE, Liping appointed
    secretary
  23. 2013-09-01
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    BUCCI, Maria Nadia appointed
    director
  24. 2013-09-01
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    PURKAYASTHA, Sheela, Dr resigned
    director
  25. 2013-09-01
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    PURKAYASTHA, Sudipta, Dr resigned
    director
  26. 2010-08-01
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    PURKAYASTHA, Sheela, Dr appointed
    secretary
  27. 2010-08-01
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    STRACHAN COWIE, Peter Desmond resigned
    secretary
  28. 2010-08-01
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    STRACHAN COWIE, Deborah Anne Syrett resigned
    director
  29. 2006-12-01
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    PAGE, Amanda Claire appointed
    director
  30. 2006-12-01
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    EWING, Gavin Hamilton resigned
    director
  31. 2006-12-01
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    PAOLINI, Daniela resigned
    director
  32. 2005-11-01
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    GRIMSTONE, Liping appointed
    director
  33. 2005-10-31
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    STRACHAN COWIE, Peter Desmond appointed
    secretary
  34. 2005-10-31
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    TAMBLYN, Peter resigned
    secretary
  35. 2005-10-31
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    TAMBLYN, Peter resigned
    director
  36. 2004-10-01
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    PARRY, Anne Elizabeth resigned
    director
  37. 2004-09-03
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    STRACHAN COWIE, Deborah Anne Syrett appointed
    director
  38. 2004-09-03
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    STRACHAN COWIE, Peter Desmond appointed
    director
  39. 2003-12-20
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    PARRY, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  40. 2003-12-20
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    PARRY, Emma Joanne resigned
    director
  41. 2003-07-31
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    BART SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  42. 2003-05-30
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    TAMBLYN, Peter appointed
    secretary
  43. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    EWING, Gavin Hamilton appointed
    director
  44. 2003-05-30
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    PAOLINI, Daniela appointed
    director
  45. 2003-05-30
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    PARRY, Emma Joanne appointed
    director
  46. 2003-05-30
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    PURKAYASTHA, Sheela, Dr appointed
    director
  47. 2003-05-30
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    PURKAYASTHA, Sudipta, Dr appointed
    director
  48. 2003-05-30
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    TAMBLYN, Peter appointed
    director
  49. 2003-05-30
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    BART MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  50. 2002-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 44 GUNTER GROVE RESIDENTS COMPANY LIMITED
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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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Maria Nadia Bucci
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Amanda Claire Page
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Liping Grimstone
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Suzanna Randallceased 04/04/2020· 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
Incorporated2002-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

44c Gunter Grove
London
SW10 0UJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (5 active · 15 resigned)

GRIMSTONE, Liping→
secretary · appointed 2013-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCCI, Maria Nadia→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORCEN, Fernando De Abiega→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIMSTONE, Liping→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAGE, Amanda Claire→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURKAYASTHA, Sheela, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2014-09-11
Resigned
STRACHAN COWIE, Peter Desmond→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-31 · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
TAMBLYN, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
BART SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-16 · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned
EWING, Gavin Hamilton→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2006-12-01
Resigned
PAOLINI, Daniela→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2006-12-01
Resigned
PARRY, Anne Elizabeth→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-12-20 · resigned 2004-10-01
Resigned
PARRY, Emma Joanne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2003-12-20
Resigned
PURKAYASTHA, Sheela, Dr→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2013-09-01
Resigned
PURKAYASTHA, Sudipta, Dr→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2013-09-01
Resigned
RANDALL, Suzanna→
director · ~37y · appointed 2014-06-01 · resigned 2020-04-04
Resigned
STRACHAN COWIE, Deborah Anne Syrett→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-09-03 · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
STRACHAN COWIE, Peter Desmond→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-09-03 · resigned 2014-06-01
Resigned
TAMBLYN, Peter→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
BART MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-16 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-04