2 CLIFF ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04933833 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-15
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
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  3. 2026-03-11
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Hollie Louise appointed
    director
  4. 2026-03-11
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-03-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-02-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-10-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2025-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-02-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-08-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2023-08-07
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2023-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-04-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-09-08
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Peggy Anne May appointed
    director
  20. 2017-09-08
    ➖
    BURWOOD, Debra resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-09-08
    ➖
    BURWOOD, Martin resigned
    director
  22. 2017-08-25
    ➕
    TUCKER, Steven Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2017-06-20
    ➖
    COLE, Sean Andrew resigned
    director
  24. 2005-01-30
    ➕
    PEARSON, Margaret Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2005-01-30
    ➕
    BURWOOD, Debra appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-01-30
    ➖
    TIBBALLS, Carole resigned
    secretary
  27. 2005-01-30
    ➕
    BURWOOD, Martin appointed
    director
  28. 2005-01-30
    ➕
    COLE, Sean Andrew appointed
    director
  29. 2005-01-30
    ➖
    TIBBALLS, Christopher John resigned
    director
  30. 2003-10-24
    ➕
    TIBBALLS, Carole appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-10-24
    ➕
    TIBBALLS, Christopher John appointed
    director
  32. 2003-10-17
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-10-17
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2003-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2 CLIFF ROAD LIMITED
  35. 2003-10-15
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2003-10-15
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

146 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

LAWRENCE, Peggy Anne May→
director · ~85y · appointed 2017-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARSON, Margaret Ann→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONS, Hollie Louise→
director · ~29y · appointed 2026-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TUCKER, Steven Andrew→
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURWOOD, Debra→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-30 · resigned 2017-09-08
Resigned
TIBBALLS, Carole→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-24 · resigned 2005-01-30
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2003-10-17
Resigned
BURWOOD, Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-01-30 · resigned 2017-09-08
Resigned
COLE, Sean Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-01-30 · resigned 2017-06-20
Resigned
TIBBALLS, Christopher John→
director · ~87y · appointed 2003-10-24 · resigned 2005-01-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2003-10-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-07
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17