1-4, 1 VERULAM PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04932932 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-10-15
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-11-29
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    LEYDEN, Desmond James appointed
    director
  14. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-04-01
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    LEYDEN, Desmond James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    LEYDEN, Catherine appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-01
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    REID, Robert Harvey resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    REID, Duncan William resigned
    director
  21. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    REID, Mary resigned
    director
  22. 2003-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 1-4, 1 VERULAM PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 2003-10-15
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    REID, Robert Harvey appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-10-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-10-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-10-15
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    REID, Duncan William appointed
    director
  27. 2003-10-15
    ➕
    REID, Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Desmond James Leyden
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
—25–50%25-50% voting29/11/2019
Ms Catherine Leyden
Individual · French · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

The Coach House 16a The Avenue
Branksome Park
Poole
Dorset
BH13 6AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LEYDEN, Desmond James→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEYDEN, Catherine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEYDEN, Desmond James→
director · ~78y · appointed 2019-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Robert Harvey→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2003-10-15
Resigned
REID, Duncan William→
director · ~47y · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
REID, Mary→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15