30 FLORENCE ROAD (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05047404 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-18

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 80/100 (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 (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

24 officers (5 active, 24 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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address · AD01
2025-11-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-15
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capital · SH01
2025-04-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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DENNIS, Michael appointed
director
2025-04-01
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BOYCE, Paul, Dr resigned
director
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-16
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BOYCE, Paul, Dr appointed
director
2023-12-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-27
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ROBERTSON, Emma Claire resigned
secretary
2023-10-27
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ROBERTSON, Emma Claire resigned
director
2023-10-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-04-19
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ROBERTSON, Emma Claire resigned
director
2015-02-23
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HARWOOD, Christopher appointed
director
2015-02-23
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MOLE, Barbara Jane resigned
secretary
2015-02-23
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ROBERTSON, Emma Claire appointed
secretary
2015-02-23
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MOLE, Barbara Jane resigned
director
2014-10-15
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LANGLANDS, Victoria appointed
director
2014-10-15
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JOHNSTONE, Elinor Ruth resigned
director
2012-02-16
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SAVINA, Irina, Dr appointed
director
2011-07-07
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BLAGBROUGH, Sarah Marie resigned
director
2010-03-03
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ROBERTSON, Emma Claire appointed
director
2009-03-04
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MATTHEWS, Judith resigned
director
2009-03-04
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ROBERTSON, Emma Claire appointed
director
2008-11-28
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BRAIN, Stephanie resigned
director
2008-11-28
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JEFFREY, Robert resigned
director
2008-11-28
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JOHNSTONE, Elinor Ruth appointed
director
2007-10-18
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BLAGBROUGH, Sarah Marie appointed
director
2007-10-18
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HARTNELL, Natalie Louise resigned
director
2006-03-27
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MOLE, Barbara Jane appointed
secretary
2006-03-23
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ASHCROFT, Imogen Kate resigned
secretary
2005-12-09
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BALL, Helen Jane resigned
director
2005-12-09
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BRAIN, Stephanie appointed
director
2005-12-09
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JEFFREY, Robert appointed
director
2005-07-14
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MOLE, Barbara Jane appointed
director
2005-07-14
➖
O'CONNOR, Thomas resigned
director
2005-03-16
➖
BALL, Helen Jane resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 64 events

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 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Harwood Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	26/10/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Dr Paul Boyceceased 01/04/2025· significant influence
Ms Emma Claire Robertsonceased 26/10/2023· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-02-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

168 Church Road

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 2DL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10