43 BERRYMEAD GARDENS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05200414 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-08-09
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-09-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-23📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-09-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-12➕SPILLER, John Philip appointedsecretary
- 2021-10-12➕SPILLER, John Philip appointeddirector
- 2021-10-12➖DINEEN, William Gerard resignedsecretary
- 2021-10-12➖DINEEN, William Gerard resigneddirector
- 2021-08-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-10-02➕DINEEN, William Gerard appointeddirector
- 2015-10-14➖ROWE, Alexander Campbell resigneddirector
- 2005-07-01➖HARRIS, Shirley Margaret resigneddirector
- 2005-07-01➕ROWE, Alexander Campbell appointeddirector
- 2004-08-09🏢Company incorporatedAs 43 BERRYMEAD GARDENS LIMITED
- 2004-08-09➕GANDHI, Narendra Suman appointeddirector
- 2004-08-09➕DINEEN, William Gerard appointedsecretary
- 2004-08-09➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-08-09➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-08-09➕HARRIS, Shirley Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Philip Spiller Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 12/10/2021 |
Mr Narendra Suman Gandhi Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr William Gerard Dineenceased 12/10/2021· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2004-08-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
43 Berrymead Gardens
London
W3 8AB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
SPILLER, John Philip→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GANDHI, Narendra Suman→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2004-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SPILLER, John Philip→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2021-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DINEEN, William Gerard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2021-10-12
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2004-08-09
DINEEN, William Gerard→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2016-10-02 · resigned 2021-10-12
HARRIS, Shirley Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2005-07-01
ROWE, Alexander Campbell→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2015-10-14
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Recent filings (63 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-23
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-24