59 NORTH ROAD (COMBE DOWN) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05538763 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-08-17

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£8.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (8 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,625

Net assets shrinking

Down £199 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↓ 2.3% YoY

Current Assets

£5

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£8.6k	£8.8k
Current assets	£5	£5
Net assets	£8.6k	£8.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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officers · AP01
2022-12-21
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officers · AP01
2022-11-26
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officers · AP01
2022-11-26
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officers · AP03
2022-11-26
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officers · TM02
2022-11-26
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accounts · AA
2022-11-24
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DITCHAM, John Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2022-11-24
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MORGILLO, Eduardo appointed
director
2022-11-24
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O'SULLIVAN, Martine Giselle Fleur appointed
director
2022-11-24
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RAKOSI, Lilla appointed
director
2022-11-24
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HARVEY, Malcolm George resigned
secretary
2022-09-04
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officers · TM01
2022-09-04
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officers · TM01
2022-08-31
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INWOOD, David resigned
director
2022-08-31
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INWOOD, Lindsay resigned
director
2022-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-06
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officers · TM01
2019-10-02
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accounts · AA
2019-09-05
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PERKS, Natasha Jayne, Dr resigned
director
2019-04-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-15
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FRANCIS, Timothy appointed
director
2019-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-30
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INWOOD, David appointed
director
2017-10-30
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INWOOD, Lindsay appointed
director
2015-12-17
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PERKS, Natasha Jayne, Dr appointed
director
2012-05-16
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DITCHAM, John Geoffrey appointed
director
2005-08-17
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Company incorporated
As 59 NORTH ROAD (COMBE DOWN) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2005-08-17
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HARVEY, Jillian appointed
director
2005-08-17
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HARVEY, Malcolm George appointed
director
2005-08-17
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HARVEY, Malcolm George appointed
secretary
2005-08-17
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-08-17
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Malcolm George Harvey Individual · British · DOB 06/1939 · age 87	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	01/08/2016

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

Incorporated2005-08-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

59 North Road

Combe Down

Bath

Somerset

BA2 5DF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31