54 DITCHLING RISE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05844731 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-13

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

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

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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 (43 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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2025-03-30
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2024-03-18
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2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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CROOK, Christopher John Berry appointed
secretary
2021-10-27
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis resigned
secretary
2021-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-27
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address · AD01
2021-10-27
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officers · AP03
2021-10-27
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officers · TM02
2021-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-05
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officers · AP01
2021-09-05
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officers · TM01
2021-08-20
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CRAIG-MATTHEWS, Bryony, Ms. appointed
director
2021-08-20
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SPAFFORD, James Ellis resigned
director
2021-03-16
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accounts · AA
2020-03-13
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2019-03-04
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2018-06-08
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2018-03-14
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accounts · AA
2016-03-31
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CROOK, Christopher John Berry appointed
director
2016-03-31
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CROOK, Mary Theresa Caroline appointed
director
2016-03-31
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FOWLDS, Mark Peter resigned
director
2014-10-23
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FOWLDS, Mark Peter appointed
director
2014-10-22
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FOWLDS, Peter resigned
director
2012-03-26
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis appointed
secretary
2012-03-26
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis resigned
secretary
2012-03-26
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis appointed
secretary
2012-03-26
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis resigned
director
2012-03-23
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis resigned
secretary
2012-03-23
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SPAFFORD, James Ellis appointed
director
2012-03-23
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SPAFFORD, Janice Vivienne resigned
director
2006-06-13
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Company incorporated
As 54 DITCHLING RISE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2006-06-13
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KING, Anna Quall appointed
director
2006-06-13
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis appointed
secretary
2006-06-13
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STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-06-13
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-06-13
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FOWLDS, Peter appointed
director
2006-06-13
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SPAFFORD, Janice Vivienne appointed
director
2006-06-13
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SPAFFORD, Timothy Ellis appointed
director
2006-06-13
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STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2006-06-13
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STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 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

83/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher John Berry Crook Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	27/10/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Timothy Ellis Spaffordceased 27/10/2021· significant influence

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

Incorporated2006-06-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

The Gallops

Kings Chase

Crowborough

TN6 1RQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01