20 WINCHESTER STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04896071 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-09-11

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 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: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-04-12
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officers · AP01
2025-04-12
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officers · TM01
2025-04-04
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XU, Pu appointed
director
2025-04-03
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ANDRAKAKOS, Christos resigned
director
2024-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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accounts · AA
2023-06-15
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accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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officers · AP01
2023-06-04
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officers · TM01
2023-05-31
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VOUTE, Peter Arthur resigned
director
2023-05-29
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TOMPSON, Alexandra Audrey Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-10-31
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officers · CH01
2022-10-28
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officers · CH01
2022-07-21
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accounts · AA
2020-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-22
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accounts · AA
2019-09-12
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officers · AP01
2019-09-12
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officers · TM01
2019-09-01
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VOUTE, Martha Anne Nora resigned
director
2019-09-01
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VOUTE, Peter Arthur appointed
director
2018-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-10-11
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accounts · AA
2010-02-05
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VOUTE, Patricia Caroline appointed
director
2010-02-04
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HOLMES, Margaret Penelope, Lady resigned
director
2006-11-03
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ANDRAKAKOS, Christos appointed
director
2006-11-02
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PARKER, Deidree resigned
director
2003-09-11
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Company incorporated
As 20 WINCHESTER STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2003-09-11
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HAMMOND PARKER, Wendy Rose appointed
secretary
2003-09-11
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ABEL, Nicholas Frederick William appointed
director
2003-09-11
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HAMMOND PARKER, Wendy Rose appointed
director
2003-09-11
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-11
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-11
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HOLMES, Margaret Penelope, Lady appointed
director
2003-09-11
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PARKER, Deidree appointed
director
2003-09-11
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VOUTE, Martha Anne Nora appointed
director
2003-09-11
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SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-09-11
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SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2003-09-11
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-09-11
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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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 86 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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
Miss Wendy Hammond-Parker Individual · British · DOB 11/1940 · age 86	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-09-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

20 Winchester Street

London

SW1V 4NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11