POETS CORNER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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04575821 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-29
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,503

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£3k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£549£1k£2k£2k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.5k£1.7k
Current assets£2.7k£1.9k
Net assets£2.5k£1.7k

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

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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  2. 2024-09-13
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  3. 2024-04-08
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    WINTON, Richard Ian appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-08
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-08-10
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  6. 2022-09-01
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  7. 2021-08-09
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  8. 2020-09-16
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  9. 2019-05-13
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  10. 2018-06-22
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  11. 2017-07-10
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  12. 2016-06-17
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  13. 2015-10-31
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  14. 2015-05-12
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  15. 2014-12-16
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  16. 2014-11-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2008-03-12
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    COUPLAND, Ian Charles resigned
    director
  18. 2008-03-12
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    HIGGINS, Sonia resigned
    director
  19. 2008-03-12
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    WINTON, Richard Ian resigned
    director
  20. 2007-03-07
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    COUPLAND, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Sonia appointed
    director
  22. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    WINTON, Richard Ian appointed
    director
  23. 2006-08-31
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    ELPHICK, Sandra Terry appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-08-31
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    ELPHICK, Sandra Terry appointed
    director
  25. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    STOWE, Kitty Jean appointed
    director
  26. 2006-04-01
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    FAULKNER, James Alexander resigned
    secretary
  27. 2006-04-01
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    FAULKNER, Nicholas Alexander resigned
    director
  28. 2002-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As POETS CORNER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  29. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    FAULKNER, James Alexander appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-10-29
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    FAULKNER, Nicholas Alexander appointed
    director
  33. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
Miss Sandra Terry Elphick
Individual · British · DOB 05/1939 · age 87
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest11/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Stone Dean 16 Carew Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 2JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

ELPHICK, Sandra Terry→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELPHICK, Sandra Terry→
director · ~87y · appointed 2006-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOWE, Kitty Jean→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTON, Richard Ian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FAULKNER, James Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2006-04-01
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29
Resigned
COUPLAND, Ian Charles→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned
FAULKNER, Nicholas Alexander→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2006-04-01
Resigned
HIGGINS, Sonia→
director · ~44y · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned
WINTON, Richard Ian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
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2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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2021-11-10
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2021-08-09
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2020-10-31
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accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-28
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accounts · AA
2019-05-13