16 HYDE PARK SQUARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05358396 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-09
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-10
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2023-12-27
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    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  6. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-08-24
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    MOHAMMAD ALI, Mahtab appointed
    director
  16. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-02-21
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    PAPADIMITRIOU, Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2005-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 16 HYDE PARK SQUARE LIMITED
  19. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    BARZIN, Ali Akbar appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    BARZIN, Ali Akbar appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-02-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    PAPADIMITRIOU, Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-02-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ali Akbar Barzin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

First Floor
5 Garland Road
Stanmore
Middlesex
HA7 1NR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BARZIN, Ali Akbar→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARZIN, Ali Akbar→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOHAMMAD ALI, Mahtab→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2005-02-09
Resigned
PAPADIMITRIOU, Anthony→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2008-02-21
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2005-02-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-23
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-01-10
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-10