31 MELROSE AVENUE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04549635 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-01
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
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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-06-22
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  4. 2022-06-24
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  5. 2021-06-23
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  6. 2020-06-27
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  7. 2019-06-28
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  8. 2018-06-22
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  9. 2017-06-21
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  10. 2016-07-05
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  11. 2015-10-06
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  12. 2015-04-28
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  13. 2014-10-29
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  15. 2013-10-06
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  16. 2002-12-02
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    SCANDRETT, Lindsay John appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-12-02
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    JERVIS, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2002-12-02
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    SCANDRETT, Lindsay John appointed
    director
  19. 2002-12-02
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    COULING, Della Margaret resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-12-02
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    ADAMS, Deborah Anne resigned
    director
  21. 2002-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 31 MELROSE AVENUE LIMITED
  22. 2002-10-01
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    COULING, Della Margaret appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-10-01
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    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-10-01
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    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-10-01
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    ADAMS, Deborah Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Paul Jervis
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016
Mr Lindsay John Scandrett
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

31 Melrose Avenue
London
NW2 4LH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SCANDRETT, Lindsay John→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-02
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Active
JERVIS, Andrew Paul→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-12-02
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Active
SCANDRETT, Lindsay John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-12-02
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Active
COULING, Della Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-12-02
Resigned
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
ADAMS, Deborah Anne→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-12-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2025-06-26
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2024-10-12
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2024-06-21
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2023-10-26
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2023-06-22
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2022-10-03
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2022-06-24
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2021-10-06
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2021-06-23
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2020-10-02
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2020-06-27
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2019-10-03
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2019-06-28
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2018-10-04