37 VERNON TERRACE (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05858058 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-26

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
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officers · TM01
2025-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-31
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BARTON, Paul resigned
director
2023-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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FOX, Chloe Adriana appointed
director
2022-02-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-06-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-07-24
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RICKARD, Stephen Jeremy resigned
secretary
2018-07-24
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RICKARD, Stephen Jeremy resigned
director
2018-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-10-10
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BARTON, Paul appointed
director
2014-06-06
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BARTON, Paul, Mr. resigned
director
2014-05-23
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FRICKER, Stephen appointed
director
2014-05-23
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BARTON, Rupert resigned
director
2006-06-28
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STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director
2006-06-26
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Company incorporated
As 37 VERNON TERRACE (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
2006-06-26
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COLLINS, Della appointed
director
2006-06-26
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GRAY, Stewart Patrick appointed
director
2006-06-26
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HAMZA, Ghanim appointed
director
2006-06-26
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WEBB, Daniel Christian appointed
director
2006-06-26
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RICKARD, Stephen Jeremy appointed
secretary
2006-06-26
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STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-06-26
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-06-26
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BARTON, Paul, Mr. appointed
director
2006-06-26
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BARTON, Rupert appointed
director
2006-06-26
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RICKARD, Stephen Jeremy appointed
director
2006-06-26
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STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 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 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-06-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Harper Stone Properties Second Floor Offices

119/120 Western Road

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 1DB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-03

Last: 2025-06-19