19 COMPTON AVENUE BRIGHTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05110736 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-23
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2024-01-26
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  4. 2022-12-18
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  5. 2022-01-19
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  6. 2021-04-28
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  7. 2019-12-31
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  8. 2018-12-31
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  9. 2018-01-03
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  10. 2016-12-30
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  11. 2016-05-20
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  12. 2015-12-22
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  13. 2015-05-20
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  14. 2014-12-18
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  15. 2014-05-27
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  16. 2004-05-12
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    SIMMONS, Stephen Jack appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-05-12
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    SIMMONS, Stephen Jack appointed
    director
  18. 2004-05-12
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    UDDIN, Jasmine appointed
    director
  19. 2004-04-27
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  20. 2004-04-27
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  21. 2004-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 19 COMPTON AVENUE BRIGHTON LIMITED
  22. 2004-04-23
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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  23. 2004-04-23
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Jack Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/05/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

19 Compton Avenue
Brighton
BN1 3PP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SIMMONS, Stephen Jack→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-12
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SIMMONS, Stephen Jack→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-05-12
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Active
UDDIN, Jasmine→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-05-12
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
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accounts · AA
2024-01-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-31