38 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04677960 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-25

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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 (6 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 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	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-06-02
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2024-06-18
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2023-04-12
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2022-05-25
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2021-05-19
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2020-04-02
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2019-05-15
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2018-04-24
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2017-05-02
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2016-04-01
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2016-02-25
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2015-05-28
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officers · AP01
2015-05-27
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VON GUIONNEAU, Anne appointed
director
2015-04-29
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MEAD, Su Ling resigned
director
2015-04-29
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officers · TM01
2015-02-25
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2015-02-24
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2007-12-12
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DIAS, Alistair Jeremy appointed
director
2007-11-30
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RICHARDSON, Benjamin Frederick resigned
director
2007-11-30
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RICHARDSON, Kylie Rachel, Dr resigned
director
2007-07-16
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RICHARDSON, Benjamin Frederick appointed
director
2007-07-16
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RICHARDSON, Kylie Rachel, Dr appointed
director
2003-02-25
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Company incorporated
As 38 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT LIMITED
2003-02-25
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KING, Vivienne Elizabeth Mayell appointed
secretary
2003-02-25
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HORNER, Christopher Walter Milton appointed
director
2003-02-25
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KING, Vivienne Elizabeth Mayell appointed
director
2003-02-25
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LARGE, Andrew Mcleod Brooks, Sir appointed
director
2003-02-25
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LBCO SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-02-25
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LBCO SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-02-25
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MEAD, Su Ling appointed
director
2003-02-25
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LBCO SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-02-25
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LBCO SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — 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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98200 — Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

38 Lansdowne Crescent

London

W11 2NT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-11

Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)

KING, Vivienne Elizabeth Mayell→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-25

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Active

DIAS, Alistair Jeremy→

director · ~55y · appointed 2007-12-12

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Active

HORNER, Christopher Walter Milton→

director · ~89y · appointed 2003-02-25

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Active

KING, Vivienne Elizabeth Mayell→

director · ~83y · appointed 2003-02-25

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Active

LARGE, Andrew Mcleod Brooks, Sir→

director · ~84y · appointed 2003-02-25

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Active

VON GUIONNEAU, Anne→

director · ~70y · appointed 2015-05-27

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Active

LBCO SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-02-25 · resigned 2003-02-25

Resigned

MEAD, Su Ling→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-02-25 · resigned 2015-04-29

Resigned

RICHARDSON, Benjamin Frederick→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-07-16 · resigned 2007-11-30

Resigned

RICHARDSON, Kylie Rachel, Dr→

director · ~53y · appointed 2007-07-16 · resigned 2007-11-30

Resigned

LBCO SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-02-25 · resigned 2003-02-25

Resigned

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