135 DICKENSON ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05874565 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-12
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£-21.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
41 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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,276
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£21k
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-21.3k | — |
| Net assets | £-21.3k | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-07-12🏢Company incorporatedAs 135 DICKENSON ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2006-07-12➕FORD, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-12➕FORD, Nicola appointeddirector
- 2006-07-12➕GROSS, Nicholas John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Nicola Ford Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 11/07/2017 |
Miss Nicola Ford Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 26/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
89 Middle Hillgate
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 3EH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
FORD, Nicola→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2006-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GROSS, Nicholas John→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-07-12
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-29