72 GREAT EASTERN STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04846806 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-07-28

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

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 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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2024-05-28
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2023-03-27
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2022-06-28
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2021-09-02
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2020-08-13
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2020-08-13
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2020-08-11
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2020-08-11
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2020-06-10
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2020-03-09
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2020-02-09
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2020-02-09
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2020-02-09
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2020-02-09
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2020-01-17
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HUGHES, Peter David appointed
secretary
2020-01-17
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ATKINSON, Diane, Dr appointed
director
2020-01-17
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GORE, Andrew David resigned
secretary
2020-01-17
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GORE, Andrew David resigned
director
2019-09-26
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2018-09-26
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2015-12-23
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LAGAZIO, Monica, Dr appointed
director
2015-12-23
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NEISH, Andrew Graham appointed
director
2015-12-23
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STOTT, Kenneth Campbell resigned
director
2004-07-13
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HUGHES, Peter David appointed
director
2004-07-13
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ATKINSON, Diane resigned
director
2004-07-13
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LYONS LOWE, Damian resigned
director
2004-07-13
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STOTT, Kenneth Campbell appointed
director
2003-09-01
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LEVY, David Sean appointed
director
2003-09-01
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GORE, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2003-09-01
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PENNY, Andrew Hugh resigned
secretary
2003-09-01
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ATKINSON, Diane appointed
director
2003-09-01
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FAGAN, Paul William resigned
director
2003-09-01
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GORE, Andrew David appointed
director
2003-09-01
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LYONS LOWE, Damian appointed
director
2003-09-01
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PENNY, Andrew Hugh resigned
director
2003-07-28
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Company incorporated
As 72 GREAT EASTERN STREET LIMITED
2003-07-28
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PENNY, Andrew Hugh appointed
secretary
2003-07-28
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FAGAN, Paul William appointed
director
2003-07-28
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PENNY, Andrew Hugh appointed
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 87 — 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 87 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Peter David Hughes Individual · British · DOB 10/1939 · age 87	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/01/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew David Goreceased 17/01/2020· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-07-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 2

72 Great Eastern Street

London

EC2A 3JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-11

Last: 2025-07-28