AMESBURY COURT FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04576114 · 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 Oct 2025

Net worth

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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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2020-06-17
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2012-08-20
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SIMMONS, Philip Geoffrey appointed
director
2002-10-29
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Company incorporated
As AMESBURY COURT FREEHOLD LIMITED
2002-10-29
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SIMMONS, Philip Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2002-10-29
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JONES, Geoffrey John appointed
director
2002-10-29
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PALLIKAROU, Androulla appointed
director
2002-10-29
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2002-10-29
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2002-10-29
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2002-10-29
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Geoffrey Simmons Individual · English · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/08/2016

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

Incorporated2002-10-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Sadlers

175 High Street

Barnet

EN5 5SU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SIMMONS, Philip Geoffrey→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-29

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Active

JONES, Geoffrey John→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-10-29

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Active

PALLIKAROU, Androulla→

director · ~69y · appointed 2002-10-29

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Active

SIMMONS, Philip Geoffrey→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-08-20

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29

Resigned

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