15 ST STEPHENS GARDENS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04922806 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-10-06

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£14.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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 (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

26 officers (7 active, 26 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

90 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,522

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 33% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£15.6k	£16.7k
Current assets	£11.9k	£11.9k
Net assets	£14.5k	£10.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2025-07-21
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2024-07-29
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accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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accounts · AA
2022-10-12
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officers · CH01
2022-08-16
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officers · AP01
2022-08-11
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COURTOIS DUVERGER, Louis appointed
director
2022-08-09
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officers · TM01
2022-06-15
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accounts · AA
2022-04-14
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O'CALLAGHAN, Dominic resigned
director
2021-10-04
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RICHARDSON, Sean resigned
secretary
2021-10-04
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officers · TM02
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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accounts · AA
2019-02-06
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officers · TM01
2018-06-27
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accounts · AA
2018-02-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-01-16
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officers · AP01
2017-10-11
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CASSOULIDOU, Maria appointed
director
2017-10-11
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BORGLIN, Amalia resigned
director
2017-09-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-01-01
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DUNDAS, Sophia Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-01-01
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DUNDAS, Ralph resigned
director
2014-11-20
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O'CALLAGHAN, Dominic resigned
secretary
2014-11-20
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RICHARDSON, Sean appointed
secretary
2013-10-29
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DUNDAS, Ralph appointed
director
2013-10-29
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GRIBBEN, Kevin John resigned
director
2012-07-12
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GRIBBEN, Kevin John resigned
secretary
2012-07-12
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O'CALLAGHAN, Dominic appointed
secretary
2011-12-09
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RICHARDSON, Sean appointed
director
2011-12-09
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MELVILLE, Elizabeth Emma Jane resigned
director
2011-07-31
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BOLTON, Damien appointed
director
2011-07-31
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IRELAND, Shawn, Dr resigned
director
2010-01-11
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CHISHOLM, Daniel Hugh resigned
director
2009-11-10
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CROUCH, Michael appointed
director
2009-11-10
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BORGLIN, Amalia appointed
director
2009-11-10
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HARGREAVES, William Alexander resigned
director
2008-02-04
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GRIBBEN, Kevin John appointed
secretary
2008-02-04
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IRELAND, Shawn, Dr resigned
secretary
2007-03-14
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O'CALLAGHAN, Dominic appointed
director
2007-03-14
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SCHOOFF, John Blair resigned
director
2006-07-24
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CHISHOLM, Daniel Hugh appointed
director
2006-07-24
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GRIBBEN, Kevin John appointed
director
2006-06-28
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IRELAND, Shawn, Dr appointed
secretary
2005-10-01
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MANIAN, Rama resigned
secretary
2005-10-01
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WAINWRIGHT, Susan Claire resigned
director
2005-01-14
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HARGREAVES, William Alexander resigned
secretary
2005-01-14
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MANIAN, Rama appointed
secretary
2004-12-09
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DANCE, Sheila Jillian resigned
director
2003-10-06
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Company incorporated
As 15 ST STEPHENS GARDENS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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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

-7 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Sean Richardson Individual · New Zealander · DOB 07/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-10-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

15 St Stephens Gardens

London

W2 5QU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-20

Last: 2025-10-06