102 FERME PARK ROAD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05217339 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-31
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive 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
52 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 accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2004-08-31🏢Company incorporatedAs 102 FERME PARK ROAD LIMITED
- 2004-08-31➕TAVERNER, Brenda May appointedsecretary
- 2004-08-31➕HARRIS, Martin, Dr appointeddirector
- 2004-08-31➕TAVERNER, Brenda May appointeddirector
- 2004-08-31➕STL SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-08-31➖STL SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-08-31➕STL DIRECTORS LTD appointedcorporate-director
- 2004-08-31➖STL DIRECTORS LTD resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 candidateStrong 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Brenda May Taverner Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Other · N postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06382426→ 06382426 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| 1 11 TRADING LTD→ 16268874 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 102A TUFNELL PARK ROAD LIMITED→ 05861838 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| 104 RUSSELL LANE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 03800154 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| 10E GLOUCESTER DRIVE FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 06225485 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| 115 FLOOD STREET LIMITED→ 05367831 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| 12 ALKHAM ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 08078861 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| 12 JUBILEE ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 07444517 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| 123 ST JOHNS WAY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 05389868 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| 1234567 LIMITED→ 06650676 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| 1313 PROPERTY LIMITED→ 12337527 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 131SJH LLP→ OC402039 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
15b Womersley Road
London
N8 9AE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
TAVERNER, Brenda May→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARRIS, Martin, Dr→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2004-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAVERNER, Brenda May→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2004-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STL SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-08-31
STL DIRECTORS LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-08-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-08