140 HIGH STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05609616 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-01

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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2005-12-09
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DESLER, Christine Rosemary appointed
director
2005-12-09
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MACE, Jennifer resigned
director
2005-11-01
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Company incorporated
As 140 HIGH STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2005-11-01
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DESLER, Gerry appointed
secretary
2005-11-01
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DESLER, Gerry appointed
director
2005-11-01
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-01
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-01
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MACE, Jennifer appointed
director
2005-11-01
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-01
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 81 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.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gerry Desler Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mrs Christine Rosemary Desler Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-11-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Stonebridge House

Chelmsford Road

Hatfield Heath

Essex

CM22 7BD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DESLER, Gerry→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-01

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Active

DESLER, Christine Rosemary→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-12-09

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Active

DESLER, Gerry→

director · ~81y · appointed 2005-11-01

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-11-01

Resigned

MACE, Jennifer→

director · ~75y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-12-09

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-11-01

Resigned

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