100 HARLEYFORD ROAD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05240458 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-24
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 Sept 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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-07📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2009-08-14➕BRECKNELL, Edmund Robert George appointeddirector
- 2009-08-14➖LEWIN-HARRIS, Peter Michael resigneddirector
- 2006-07-01➕LEWIN-HARRIS, Peter Michael appointeddirector
- 2006-06-30➖PALMER, Nicholas Stuart Hiley resigneddirector
- 2004-09-24🏢Company incorporatedAs 100 HARLEYFORD ROAD LIMITED
- 2004-09-24➕SALT, Angela Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2004-09-24➕SALT, Angela Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2004-09-24➕PALMER, Nicholas Stuart Hiley 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 62 — 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 62. 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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Ms Angela Elizabeth Salt Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/09/2016 |
Mr Edmund Robert George Brecknell Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 20 CASTLEDINE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 02543431 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
| 21 LIMES GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 01928197 · est 1985 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
| 23TWENTY LTD→ 15251137 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| 2A DIGITAL LLP→ OC450414 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| 38 THOMPSON ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED→ 06480415 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| 3SILVERDICE LLP→ OC459646 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
100 Harleyford Road
London
SE11 5SN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SALT, Angela Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRECKNELL, Edmund Robert George→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2009-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SALT, Angela Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEWIN-HARRIS, Peter Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2006-07-01 · resigned 2009-08-14
PALMER, Nicholas Stuart Hiley→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2004-09-24 · resigned 2006-06-30
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AAMD
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31