4 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD (CLIFTON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05249882 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-10-05
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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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
17 officers (4 active, 17 linked, 10 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
78 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 accounts
Cash
£1k
↑ 134% YoY
Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£276£553£829£1k£1kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Cash£1.4k£591

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-09
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-07-10
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  5. 2022-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2020-11-09
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2020-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-03
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    officers · AP02
  11. 2020-03-03
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-02-17
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    KMJ HOMES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  14. 2020-02-17
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    EDMUNDS, Grant Walter resigned
    director
  15. 2020-02-17
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    EDMUNDS, Lisa Joanne resigned
    director
  16. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2010-08-01
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    HUTCHINGS, Frances Anne, Dr appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-07-09
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    ASHWORTH, Mark William resigned
    director
  21. 2010-07-09
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    ASHWORTH, Michael Francis resigned
    director
  22. 2010-07-09
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    EDMUNDS, Grant Walter appointed
    director
  23. 2010-07-09
    ➕
    EDMUNDS, Lisa Joanne appointed
    director
  24. 2008-07-04
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    HUTCHINGS, Frances Anne, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2008-07-04
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    ASHWORTH, Mark William appointed
    director
  26. 2008-05-30
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    JACKSON, Mark John resigned
    secretary
  27. 2008-05-30
    ➖
    JACKSON, Mark John resigned
    director
  28. 2008-05-30
    ➖
    WILSON, Mark Christopher resigned
    director
  29. 2007-04-20
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    ASHWORTH, Michael Francis appointed
    director
  30. 2007-04-06
    ➖
    WHITROW, Marcus resigned
    director
  31. 2005-04-01
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    HAWTHORNE, Merlynna resigned
    secretary
  32. 2005-04-01
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    JACKSON, Mark John appointed
    secretary
  33. 2005-04-01
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    HAWTHORNE, Merlynna resigned
    director
  34. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    JACKSON, Mark John appointed
    director
  35. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    WHITROW, Marcus appointed
    director
  36. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    WILSON, Mark Christopher appointed
    director
  37. 2004-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 4 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD (CLIFTON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  38. 2004-10-05
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    HAWTHORNE, Michael James appointed
    director
  39. 2004-10-05
    ➕
    HAWTHORNE, Merlynna appointed
    secretary
  40. 2004-10-05
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 2004-10-05
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2004-10-05
    ➕
    HAWTHORNE, Merlynna appointed
    director
  43. 2004-10-05
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 2004-10-05
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  45. 2004-10-05
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  46. 2004-10-05
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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
Mr Michael James Hawthorne
Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2004-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Brunel House 11 The Promenade
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 3NG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (4 active · 13 resigned)

HUTCHINGS, Frances Anne, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWTHORNE, Michael James→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTCHINGS, Frances Anne, Dr→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KMJ HOMES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2020-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWTHORNE, Merlynna→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
JACKSON, Mark John→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2008-05-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2004-10-05
Resigned
ASHWORTH, Mark William→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-07-04 · resigned 2010-07-09
Resigned
ASHWORTH, Michael Francis→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2010-07-09
Resigned
EDMUNDS, Grant Walter→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2020-02-17
Resigned
EDMUNDS, Lisa Joanne→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2020-02-17
Resigned
HAWTHORNE, Merlynna→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
JACKSON, Mark John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2008-05-30
Resigned
WHITROW, Marcus→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2007-04-06
Resigned
WILSON, Mark Christopher→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2008-05-30
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2004-10-05
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2004-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-09
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-13