12 GREEN LANE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05124187 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-10
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£6
book net assets
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
16 officers (4 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£6
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£1£2£4£5£6Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£6£6
Debtors£6£6
Net assets£6£6

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-29
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  4. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-04
    MARSDEN, Ian William resigned
    director
  8. 2022-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-08-25
    BROOKES, Andrea resigned
    director
  13. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-01
    DENIS, Diane resigned
    director
  15. 2019-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2016-07-13
    VESSEY, John Mark Gayford, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2016-05-23
    VESSEY, James Richard Seaman appointed
    director
  22. 2016-05-03
    BANFIELD, Nicholas Paul David resigned
    director
  23. 2016-05-03
    PERRITON, Joan Illingworth resigned
    director
  24. 2011-07-01
    OAKLAND RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2011-07-01
    BRAEMAR ESTATES (RESIDENTIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-12-31
    DENIS, Diane appointed
    director
  27. 2009-05-14
    JONES, Howard Denis resigned
    director
  28. 2008-07-07
    BOLTON, Beryl Jayne resigned
    director
  29. 2008-04-07
    MARSDEN, Ian William appointed
    director
  30. 2008-03-29
    HOWAT, David John appointed
    director
  31. 2008-03-09
    PERRITON, Joan Illingworth appointed
    director
  32. 2008-03-04
    BANFIELD, Nicholas Paul David appointed
    director
  33. 2008-03-02
    BROOKES, Andrea appointed
    director
  34. 2008-02-12
    JONES, Howard Denis appointed
    director
  35. 2007-11-01
    BRAEMAR ESTATES (RESIDENTIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2007-11-01
    MAIN AND MAIN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  37. 2005-07-01
    BOLTON, Neil Richard resigned
    secretary
  38. 2005-06-23
    MAIN AND MAIN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2004-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 12 GREEN LANE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  40. 2004-05-10
    BOLTON, Neil Richard appointed
    secretary
  41. 2004-05-10
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2004-05-10
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 2004-05-10
    BOLTON, Beryl Jayne appointed
    director
  44. 2004-05-10
    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  45. 2004-05-10
    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Richard Seaman Vessey
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/04/2025

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

20a Victoria Road
Hale
Manchester
England And Wales
WA15 9AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-24
Last: 2025-05-10

Officers (4 active · 12 resigned)

OAKLAND RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWAT, David John
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-03-29
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Active
VESSEY, James Richard Seaman
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VESSEY, John Mark Gayford, Dr
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOLTON, Neil Richard
secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2005-07-01
Resigned
BRAEMAR ESTATES (RESIDENTIAL) LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-01 · resigned 2011-07-01
Resigned
MAIN AND MAIN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-23 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned
OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10
Resigned
BANFIELD, Nicholas Paul David
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2016-05-03
Resigned
BOLTON, Beryl Jayne
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2008-07-07
Resigned
BROOKES, Andrea
director · ~43y · appointed 2008-03-02 · resigned 2020-08-25
Resigned
DENIS, Diane
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-12-31 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned
JONES, Howard Denis
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-02-12 · resigned 2009-05-14
Resigned
MARSDEN, Ian William
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-04-07 · resigned 2022-04-04
Resigned
PERRITON, Joan Illingworth
director · ~95y · appointed 2008-03-09 · resigned 2016-05-03
Resigned
OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-29
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-26