16 DRAYCOTT PLACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04567769 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£4
book net assets
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£105.4k
Current assets£19.2k
Net assets£4

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-31
    ➖
    DAVEY, Caroline resigned
    secretary
  4. 2025-03-31
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-04-23
    ➕
    ZAIMI, Alireza appointed
    director
  17. 2010-01-06
    ➕
    DAVEY, Caroline appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-01-06
    ➖
    HETT, Julia Catharine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-01-06
    ➖
    JOSEY, Marcus resigned
    director
  20. 2006-05-22
    ➕
    JOSEY, Marcus appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-22
    ➖
    LYNCH, Jayne Sarah resigned
    director
  22. 2002-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 16 DRAYCOTT PLACE LIMITED
  23. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    HETT, Julia Catharine appointed
    director
  24. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    HETT, Julia Catharine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-10-21
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    LYNCH, Jayne Sarah appointed
    director
  28. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-10-21
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2002-10-21
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Incorporated2002-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

2 Tower House
Tower Centre
Hoddesdon
EN11 8UR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

HETT, Julia Catharine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZAIMI, Alireza→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVEY, Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-06 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
HETT, Julia Catharine→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2010-01-06
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2002-10-21
Resigned
JOSEY, Marcus→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-05-22 · resigned 2010-01-06
Resigned
LYNCH, Jayne Sarah→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2006-05-22
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2002-10-21
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2002-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06