197 QUEEN'S GATE LIMITED

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04827266 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-07-09
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 Dec 2025
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-08-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-07-09
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    MOTI MELWANI, Shobha resigned
    director
  17. 2013-01-01
    ➖
    GWILLIAMS, Ivor Thomas resigned
    director
  18. 2012-05-30
    ➖
    NORTHWOOD REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2012-02-01
    ➕
    PUGMIRE, Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-30
    ➖
    DIEKE, Ralf resigned
    director
  21. 2008-11-11
    ➕
    GWILLIAMS, Ivor Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-30
    ➖
    DART, Elisabeth resigned
    director
  23. 2007-09-24
    ➕
    DART, Elisabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2007-09-14
    ➕
    MOTI MELWANI, Shobha appointed
    director
  25. 2007-08-08
    ➕
    TAKTOUK, Wassim, Dr appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-16
    ➖
    JERVIS, Noel resigned
    director
  27. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    DIEKE, Ralf appointed
    director
  28. 2006-09-30
    ➕
    NORTHWOOD REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2006-09-01
    ➖
    BLAMEY, Daniela Anna Ester Beccaria resigned
    secretary
  30. 2003-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 197 QUEEN'S GATE LIMITED
  31. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    BLAMEY, Daniela Anna Ester Beccaria appointed
    director
  32. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    BLAMEY, Daniela Anna Ester Beccaria appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    DWYER, Daniel John appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-07-09
    ➖
    DWYER, Daniel John resigned
    nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    DWYER, Daniel James appointed
    nominee-director
  36. 2003-07-09
    ➖
    DWYER, Daniel James resigned
    nominee-director
  37. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    DWYER, Daniel John appointed
    director
  38. 2003-07-09
    ➖
    DWYER, Daniel John resigned
    director
  39. 2003-07-09
    ➕
    JERVIS, Noel appointed
    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 68 — 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 68. 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2003-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lps Livingstone, Wenzel House
Olds Approach
Watford
WD18 9AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

BLAMEY, Daniela Anna Ester Beccaria→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PUGMIRE, Helen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAKTOUK, Wassim, Dr→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAMEY, Daniela Anna Ester Beccaria→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2006-09-01
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel John→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2003-07-09
Resigned
NORTHWOOD REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-30 · resigned 2012-05-30
Resigned
DART, Elisabeth→
director · ~82y · appointed 2007-09-24 · resigned 2008-10-30
Resigned
DIEKE, Ralf→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-18 · resigned 2011-03-30
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel James→
nominee-director · ~51y · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2003-07-09
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel John→
director · ~85y · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2003-07-09
Resigned
GWILLIAMS, Ivor Thomas→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-11-11 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
JERVIS, Noel→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2007-07-16
Resigned
MOTI MELWANI, Shobha→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-09-14 · resigned 2016-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-28