42 GUERNSEY GROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04610002 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-05

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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BYERS, Madeleine appointed
secretary
2022-12-05
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officers · AP03
2022-08-11
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SZANDROWSKI, Marek appointed
secretary
2022-08-11
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BYERS, Madeleine Emily appointed
director
2022-08-11
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MATTHEW, Robert William James Morgan appointed
director
2022-08-11
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IOANNIDES, Bianca Marie resigned
secretary
2022-08-11
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IOANNIDES, Bianca Marie resigned
director
2022-08-11
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officers · AP03
2022-08-11
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officers · AP01
2022-08-11
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officers · TM01
2022-08-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-11
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officers · AP01
2022-08-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-03
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accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2004-12-16
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GUNNING, Tessa Louise resigned
secretary
2004-12-16
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IOANNIDES, Bianca Marie appointed
secretary
2004-12-16
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IOANNIDES, Bianca Marie appointed
director
2004-12-16
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ROGERS, Michael Charles resigned
director
2002-12-16
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SZANDROWSKI, Marek Joseph appointed
director
2002-12-16
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GUNNING, Tessa Louise appointed
secretary
2002-12-16
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ROGERS, Michael Charles appointed
director
2002-12-05
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Company incorporated
As 42 GUERNSEY GROVE LIMITED
2002-12-05
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JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-12-05
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-12-05
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-12-05
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JPCORD 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert William James Morgan Matthew Individual · British · DOB 05/1996 · age 30	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/08/2022
Ms Madeleine Emily Byers Individual · British · DOB 06/1996 · age 30	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/08/2022
Mr Marek Joseph Szandrowski Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/12/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Bianca Marie Ioannidesceased 11/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2002-12-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

42 Guernsey Grove

Herne Hill

London

SE24 9DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-19

Last: 2025-12-05