35 PORTLAND ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05357746 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-02-08
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
58 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 accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 75% YoY
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Current assets£3.4k£4.9k
Cash£5.4k£3.1k
Debtors£-2.0k£1.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    KUCHARKOVA, Dasa appointed
    director
  2. 2026-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-08
    ➕
    TIMM, Henry David appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-25
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2023-01-14
    ➕
    READ, Philip John appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-11-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-11-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2022-11-01
    ➕
    REITER, Riaan appointed
    director
  14. 2022-10-31
    ➖
    SHIRLEY, Martin Alan resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-10-31
    ➖
    SHIRLEY, Martin Alan resigned
    director
  16. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    READ, Philip John appointed
    director
  24. 2006-01-31
    ➖
    NABI, Naseem resigned
    secretary
  25. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    SHIRLEY, Martin Alan appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-01-31
    ➖
    EAGLESTONE, Ross David resigned
    director
  27. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    SHIRLEY, Martin Alan appointed
    director
  28. 2005-02-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 35 PORTLAND ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  29. 2005-02-08
    ➕
    NABI, Naseem appointed
    secretary
  30. 2005-02-08
    ➕
    EAGLESTONE, Ross David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Philip John Read
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Shut Mill Cottage Shut Mill Lane
Romsley
Halesowen
B62 0LY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

READ, Philip John→
secretary · appointed 2023-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KUCHARKOVA, Dasa→
director · ~42y · appointed 2026-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
READ, Philip John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REITER, Riaan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TIMM, Henry David→
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NABI, Naseem→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-08 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
SHIRLEY, Martin Alan→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2022-10-31
Resigned
EAGLESTONE, Ross David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-02-08 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
SHIRLEY, Martin Alan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2022-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03