9 WENLOCK TERRACE YORK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05404308 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-24
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
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,395

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£351£702£1k£1k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.4k—
Current assets£1.8k—
Net assets£1.4k—
Average employees—0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-01
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    MUDD & CO BLOCK MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2024-03-01
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  7. 2024-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-17
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    WALKER, John Alexander resigned
    secretary
  13. 2019-12-17
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-04-25
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Heather Marilyn appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-25
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Lloyd appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-25
    ➕
    WALKER, John Alexander appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-25
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-04-25
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-04-25
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 9 WENLOCK TERRACE YORK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  25. 2005-03-24
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-03-24
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-03-24
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lloyd Butterworth
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/03/2017
Mrs Heather Marilyn Butterworth
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/03/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Mudd & Co Block Management
5 Peckitt Street
York
YO1 9SF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MUDD & CO BLOCK MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, Heather Marilyn→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, Lloyd→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, John Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-25 · resigned 2019-12-17
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-24 · resigned 2005-04-25
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-24 · resigned 2005-04-25
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-24 · resigned 2005-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-08