13 NORTH VILLAS LONDON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05218018 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£5.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
60 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,682
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£6k
↑ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 79% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£2k£4k£5k£6kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£6.2k£3.5k
Current assets£6.2k£3.5k
Net assets£5.7k£3.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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  2. 2025-05-22
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  3. 2024-05-13
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  4. 2023-04-20
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  5. 2022-04-04
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  6. 2021-05-10
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  7. 2020-05-14
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  8. 2019-02-27
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  9. 2018-02-21
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  10. 2017-04-26
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  11. 2016-06-16
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  12. 2015-10-09
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  13. 2015-05-28
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  14. 2014-10-23
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  15. 2014-05-28
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  16. 2006-10-12
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    GARLICK, Christopher Paul resigned
    director
  17. 2006-09-29
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    HEALER, Ernest appointed
    director
  18. 2006-07-01
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    BARTLE, Martin Nicholas Arthur appointed
    director
  19. 2006-06-30
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    MCNEE, John resigned
    director
  20. 2005-12-01
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    KERR, David resigned
    director
  21. 2005-09-01
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    KING, Norman appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-31
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    PRINS, Christopher John resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-11-03
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    COMP COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2004-11-03
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    COMP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2004-08-31
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    Company incorporated
    As 13 NORTH VILLAS LONDON LIMITED
  26. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    KING, Norman appointed
    director
  27. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    PRINS, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    COMP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2004-08-31
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    COMP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    GARLICK, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  31. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    KERR, David appointed
    director
  32. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    MCNEE, John appointed
    director
  33. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    COMP COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  34. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    COMP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98200 — Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

13 North Villas
London
NW1 9BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

KING, Norman→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-01
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Active
BARTLE, Martin Nicholas Arthur→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-07-01
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Active
HEALER, Ernest→
director · ~85y · appointed 2006-09-29
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Active
KING, Norman→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRINS, Christopher John→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2005-08-31
Resigned
COMP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-08-31
Resigned
GARLICK, Christopher Paul→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2006-10-12
Resigned
KERR, David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2005-12-01
Resigned
MCNEE, John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2006-06-30
Resigned
COMP COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-11-03
Resigned
COMP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-10-07
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2025-05-22
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2024-11-06
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2024-05-13
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2023-10-17
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2023-04-20
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2022-10-12
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2022-04-04
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2021-11-03
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2021-05-10
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2020-10-12
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2020-05-14
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2019-10-14
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2019-02-27