26 BOWER PLACE (MAIDSTONE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04920319 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
82 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2022-11-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-10-07
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    AL SHAWI, Antisar, Dr appointed
    director
  7. 2022-10-07
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    BUCHANAN, Victoria Ann appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2020-03-31
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  15. 2019-03-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-03-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-02-18
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    AL SHAWI, Intisar, Dr resigned
    director
  18. 2018-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-09-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2018-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2006-01-01
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    PHIPPS, Mark Lesley appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-01-01
    ➕
    PHIPPS, Mark Lesley appointed
    director
  23. 2006-01-01
    ➖
    KITCHENER, Emma Louise resigned
    director
  24. 2006-01-01
    ➖
    LONGSTAFF, Richard Barry resigned
    director
  25. 2004-10-27
    ➖
    GOODING, Richard Brynley resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-10-27
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    GOODING, Richard Brynley resigned
    director
  27. 2003-10-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 26 BOWER PLACE (MAIDSTONE) LIMITED
  28. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    GOODING, Richard Brynley appointed
    secretary
  29. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    AL SHAWI, Intisar, Dr appointed
    director
  32. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    GOODING, Richard Brynley appointed
    director
  33. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    KITCHENER, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  34. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    LONGSTAFF, Richard Barry appointed
    director
  35. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
Incorporated2003-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

61 London Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 8TX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

PHIPPS, Mark Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AL SHAWI, Antisar, Dr→
director · ~81y · appointed 2022-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHANAN, Victoria Ann→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHIPPS, Mark Lesley→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODING, Richard Brynley→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2004-10-27
Resigned
CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
AL SHAWI, Intisar, Dr→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2019-02-18
Resigned
GOODING, Richard Brynley→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2004-10-27
Resigned
KITCHENER, Emma Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
LONGSTAFF, Richard Barry→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-04-01