24 DIGBY CRESCENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05125838 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-12
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2011-02-14
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    STODDART, Isobel Frances appointed
    director
  17. 2011-02-13
    ➖
    NORTH, Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2010-04-15
    ➕
    MARTIN, Victoria Louise Aylmer appointed
    director
  19. 2010-04-14
    ➖
    CANE, Daniel John Patrick resigned
    director
  20. 2007-05-05
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    CANE, Daniel John Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2007-05-04
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    CAMPBELL, Paul resigned
    director
  22. 2004-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 24 DIGBY CRESCENT LIMITED
  23. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    STODDART, Isobel Frances appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    LANGSTON, Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    ROWLANDS, Brian appointed
    director
  26. 2004-05-12
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    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-05-12
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    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-05-12
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    CAMPBELL, Paul appointed
    director
  29. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    NORTH, Andrew appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Ms Isobel Frances Stoddart
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/05/2017

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
Incorporated2004-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

2 The Abbey Coach House Back Lane
Staveley
Kendal
Cumbria
LA8 9LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

STODDART, Isobel Frances→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANGSTON, Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Victoria Louise Aylmer→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWLANDS, Brian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STODDART, Isobel Frances→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2004-05-12
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2007-05-04
Resigned
CANE, Daniel John Patrick→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-05-05 · resigned 2010-04-14
Resigned
NORTH, Andrew→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2011-02-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-23