8 ST GILES ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04559795 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-10
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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year to Oct 2024
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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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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
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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

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-05-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-05-26
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    LANGENHOVEN, Christo appointed
    secretary
  8. 2022-05-26
    ➕
    LANGENHOVEN, Christo appointed
    director
  9. 2022-05-26
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    COLLINS, Eugene Joel resigned
    director
  10. 2022-05-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2022-05-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-05-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2022-05-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2022-05-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-05-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-05-05
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    COLLINS, Eugene Joel resigned
    secretary
  17. 2021-07-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2006-10-01
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    SAACKS, Lynne appointed
    director
  23. 2006-10-01
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    COLLINS, Anthony Eugene resigned
    director
  24. 2006-10-01
    ➖
    MORRISON, Michael resigned
    director
  25. 2004-10-05
    ➖
    COLLINS, Anthony Eugene resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-10-05
    ➕
    COLLINS, Eugene Joel appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-10-05
    ➕
    COLLINS, Eugene Joel appointed
    director
  28. 2003-06-02
    ➕
    MORRISON, Michael appointed
    director
  29. 2003-06-01
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    DE BRUIJN, Oscar, Dr resigned
    director
  30. 2002-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As 8 ST GILES ROAD LIMITED
  31. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    COLLINS, Anthony Eugene appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    COLLINS, Anthony Eugene appointed
    director
  33. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    DE BRUIJN, Oscar, Dr appointed
    director

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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 Christo Langenhoven
Individual · South African · DOB 12/1987 · age 39
50–75%
—50-75% shares26/05/2022
Miss Lynne Saacks
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/10/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Eugene Joel Collinsceased 15/04/2022· 50-75% 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
Incorporated2002-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

8 St. Giles Road
London
SE5 7RL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LANGENHOVEN, Christo→
secretary · appointed 2022-05-26
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Active
LANGENHOVEN, Christo→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-05-26
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Active
SAACKS, Lynne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-10-01
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Active
COLLINS, Anthony Eugene→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2004-10-05
Resigned
COLLINS, Eugene Joel→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2022-05-05
Resigned
COLLINS, Anthony Eugene→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2006-10-01
Resigned
COLLINS, Eugene Joel→
director · ~49y · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2022-05-26
Resigned
DE BRUIJN, Oscar, Dr→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2003-06-01
Resigned
MORRISON, Michael→
director · ~47y · appointed 2003-06-02 · resigned 2006-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-27
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-05-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-26