41 BERRYMEAD GARDENS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04825495 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-08

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 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	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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 (31 events)Click to expand

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2022-04-26
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2021-03-21
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2020-05-19
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2018-04-20
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2010-08-01
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ELSON, Anna resigned
director
2005-10-27
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ELSON, Richard Mark appointed
secretary
2005-10-27
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ELSON, Richard Mark appointed
director
2005-10-27
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WILKINSON, Dorothy resigned
secretary
2005-10-27
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ELSON, Anna appointed
director
2005-10-27
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WILKINSON, Brent resigned
director
2004-03-01
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MATTHEWS, Curran John Fletcher appointed
director
2004-03-01
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WILKINSON, Dorothy appointed
secretary
2004-03-01
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MORRIS, Gareth Clifford resigned
director
2004-03-01
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MORRIS, Izabela resigned
director
2004-03-01
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WILKINSON, Brent appointed
director
2004-01-06
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MORRIS, Gareth Clifford resigned
secretary
2003-07-08
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Company incorporated
As 41 BERRYMEAD GARDENS LTD
2003-07-08
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MORRIS, Gareth Clifford appointed
secretary
2003-07-08
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MORRIS, Gareth Clifford appointed
director
2003-07-08
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MORRIS, Izabela appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Curran John Fletcher Matthews Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	14/07/2016
Mr Richard Mark Elson Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	14/07/2016

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

Incorporated2003-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

41 Berrymead Gardens

Acton

London

W3 8AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

ELSON, Richard Mark→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-27

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Active

ELSON, Richard Mark→

director · ~47y · appointed 2005-10-27

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Active

MATTHEWS, Curran John Fletcher→

director · ~59y · appointed 2004-03-01

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Active

MORRIS, Gareth Clifford→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-08 · resigned 2004-01-06

Resigned

WILKINSON, Dorothy→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2005-10-27

Resigned

ELSON, Anna→

director · ~47y · appointed 2005-10-27 · resigned 2010-08-01

Resigned

MORRIS, Gareth Clifford→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-08 · resigned 2004-03-01

Resigned

MORRIS, Izabela→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-08 · resigned 2004-03-01

Resigned

WILKINSON, Brent→

director · ~56y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2005-10-27

Resigned

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