10 PARK AVENUE FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05648934 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-08
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
47 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£1£1£2£2£3Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£3
Debtors—£3
Net assets—£3

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-12-09
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2015-09-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-02-12
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    GASKIN, Alastair appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-02-12
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    GASKIN, Alastair Stephen appointed
    director
  18. 2010-02-12
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    VAUGHAN, Tracy Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-12-08
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    FOSTER, Timothy Patrick resigned
    director
  20. 2005-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 10 PARK AVENUE FREEHOLD LIMITED
  21. 2005-12-08
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    DONOVAN, Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2005-12-08
    ➕
    VAUGHAN, Tracy Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-12-08
    ➕
    FOSTER, Timothy Patrick appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Mary Donovan
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alastair Stephen Gaskin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Garden Flat
10 Park Avenue
London
N22 7EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GASKIN, Alastair→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-12
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Active
DONOVAN, Mary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-12-08
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Active
GASKIN, Alastair Stephen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAUGHAN, Tracy Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-08 · resigned 2010-02-12
Resigned
FOSTER, Timothy Patrick→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-12-08 · resigned 2007-12-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-09