533 GARRATT LANE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05838329 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,500

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£300£600£900£1k£2kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.5k£1.5k
Net assets£1.5k£1.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-07-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-10-27
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Alan resigned
    director
  18. 2006-06-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 533 GARRATT LANE LIMITED
  19. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    BAILEY, Neil appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    BAILEY, Neil appointed
    director
  21. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    HUNT, Miranda appointed
    director
  22. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-06-06
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Alan appointed
    director
  25. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2006-06-06
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD resigned
    corporate-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 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 71 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 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Bailey
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2016
Ms Miranda Hunt
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2016
Mr Martin Brown
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Salmon-Brown
Individual · Australian · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

76 Fieldview
London
SW18 3HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BAILEY, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Neil→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-06-06
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Active
HUNT, Miranda→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2006-06-06
Resigned
WRIGHT, Alan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2006-10-27
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2006-06-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-09