25 ARTHRAY ROAD (OXFORD) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05972147 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-10-19
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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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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Last 90 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
- 2025-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-listannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-listannual-return · AR01
- 2014-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2013-10-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-listannual-return · AR01
- 2007-02-02➖BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-12-08➕SCOTT SYMONDS, Peter James appointedsecretary
- 2006-12-08➕BLANCHARD, Philip Dominic appointeddirector
- 2006-12-08➕SCOTT SYMONDS, Peter James appointeddirector
- 2006-12-08➖BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-10-19🏢Company incorporatedAs 25 ARTHRAY ROAD (OXFORD) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2006-10-19➕BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-10-19➕BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
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 64. 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 19 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph
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| 115 BYRNE ROAD RESIDENTS LIMITED→ 07085044 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| 13 CALTHORPE ROAD (BANBURY) LIMITED→ 02768201 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 33y | — | — |
| 13 MORTIMER ROAD (OXFORD) LIMITED→ 06659848 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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| 188 ENTERPRISES LIMITED→ 16477229 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1ST FINANCIAL DIRECTION LIMITED→ 06503997 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| 2030 PLUS LTD→ 07353641 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2006-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Rectory Mews Crown Road
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1UL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SCOTT SYMONDS, Peter James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLANCHARD, Philip Dominic→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2006-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCOTT SYMONDS, Peter James→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2007-02-02
BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2006-12-08
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Recent filings (53 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-22