125 STAPLEGROVE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04560945 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-10-11
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
80/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 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

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-06-11
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  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2019-01-21
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-01-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-01-21
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    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-10
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    ROCHE, Leo Colman appointed
    secretary
  13. 2019-01-10
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    ROCHE, Leo Colman appointed
    director
  14. 2018-11-05
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-11-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-11-05
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2018-10-31
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    HANDFORD, Karen Anne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2018-10-31
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    HANDFORD, Karen Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2018-10-19
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    HANDFORD, John Douglas resigned
    director
  20. 2018-10-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2007-06-28
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    MANNING, Craig appointed
    director
  23. 2007-06-28
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    HANSON, Tansy Elizabeth resigned
    director
  24. 2004-10-13
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    HANDFORD, Karen Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-10-13
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    HANSON, Tansy Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  26. 2003-08-01
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    HANDFORD, John Douglas appointed
    director
  27. 2002-11-29
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    MILLARD, Rebecca Zelda resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-11-29
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    DUPONTET, Simon resigned
    director
  29. 2002-10-31
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    HANDFORD, Karen Anne appointed
    director
  30. 2002-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 125 STAPLEGROVE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  31. 2002-10-11
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    HANSON, Tansy Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-10-11
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    MILLARD, Rebecca Zelda appointed
    secretary
  33. 2002-10-11
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    DUPONTET, Simon appointed
    director
  34. 2002-10-11
    ➕
    HANSON, Tansy Elizabeth 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leo Colman Roche
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Karen Anne Handfordceased 31/10/2018· 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2002-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

125 Staplegrove Road 125 Staplegrove Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 1DR
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 · 7 resigned)

ROCHE, Leo Colman→
secretary · appointed 2019-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANNING, Craig→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROCHE, Leo Colman→
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANDFORD, Karen Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-13 · resigned 2018-10-31
Resigned
HANSON, Tansy Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-11 · resigned 2004-10-13
Resigned
MILLARD, Rebecca Zelda→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-11 · resigned 2002-11-29
Resigned
DUPONTET, Simon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-10-11 · resigned 2002-11-29
Resigned
HANDFORD, John Douglas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2018-10-19
Resigned
HANDFORD, Karen Anne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2018-10-31
Resigned
HANSON, Tansy Elizabeth→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-10-11 · resigned 2007-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
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accounts · AA
2025-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-17
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officers · AP03
2019-01-21