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.
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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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

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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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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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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
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    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
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    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
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Active
ELPHICK, Sandra Terry→
director · ~87y · appointed 2006-08-31
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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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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
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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
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2022-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2020-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-13