21/25 DE VERE GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04570431 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 6 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-242023-12-24
Average employees4400

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 (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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  2. 2024-09-09
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  3. 2023-09-14
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  4. 2022-12-16
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  5. 2021-09-23
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-09-13
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  8. 2018-06-20
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  9. 2017-07-17
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  10. 2016-10-18
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  11. 2016-09-24
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  12. 2015-10-15
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  13. 2015-09-23
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  14. 2015-01-06
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  15. 2015-01-06
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  16. 2015-01-01
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    C A DAW & SON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2015-01-01
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    HMR LONDON LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2012-10-24
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    ROBERTS, Hannah resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-03-28
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    REEVE, Polly Llewellyn Scott appointed
    director
  20. 2012-03-28
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    REEVE, Emily Mary Scott resigned
    director
  21. 2012-01-28
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    HMR LONDON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-10
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    FARMAN FARMAIAN VICKERS, Korshid resigned
    director
  23. 2005-01-13
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    ROBERTS, Hannah appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-01-13
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    STEPHENSON, John Matthew resigned
    secretary
  25. 2004-07-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Charles Vyvyan Robert Carey-Morgan
  26. 2003-11-07
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    FARMAN FARMAIAN VICKERS, Korshid appointed
    director
  27. 2003-07-24
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    HOBART, Moneer Susan appointed
    director
  28. 2003-07-24
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    SHAW, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2003-07-24
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    REEVE, Emily Mary Scott appointed
    director
  30. 2002-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 21/25 DE VERE GARDENS LIMITED
  31. 2002-10-23
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    CAREY MORGAN, Charles Vyvyan Rupert appointed
    director
  32. 2002-10-23
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    STEPHENSON, John Matthew appointed
    secretary
  33. 2002-10-23
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2002-10-23
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2002-10-23
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2002-10-23
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  37. 2002-10-23
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2002-10-23
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Vyvyan Rupert Carey Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/10/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

27 Palace Gate
London
W8 5LS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last made up to: 2024-12-24
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)

C A DAW & SON LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-01-01
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Active
CAREY MORGAN, Charles Vyvyan Rupert→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-10-23
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Active
HOBART, Moneer Susan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-07-24
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Active
REEVE, Polly Llewellyn Scott→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-03-28
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Active
SHAW, Mark Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-07-24
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Active
ROBERTS, Hannah→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-13 · resigned 2012-10-24
Resigned
STEPHENSON, John Matthew→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2005-01-13
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2002-10-23
Resigned
HMR LONDON LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-01-28 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned
FARMAN FARMAIAN VICKERS, Korshid→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-11-07 · resigned 2008-03-10
Resigned
REEVE, Emily Mary Scott→
director · ~47y · appointed 2003-07-24 · resigned 2012-03-28
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2002-10-23
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2002-10-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Charles Vyvyan Robert Carey-Morgan
Legal charge1 property20/07/2004—
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Recent filings (85 total)

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2023-10-04
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2023-09-14
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2022-12-16
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2022-10-05
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2021-10-06
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2021-09-23
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2020-12-18
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2020-10-07
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2019-10-01
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2019-09-13
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2018-10-09