4/5 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06023926 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-08
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£6
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (62/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£6
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1£2£4£5£6Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£6£6
Current assets£6£6
Net assets£6£6

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
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Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-11-04
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-26
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  11. 2017-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-02-08
    DOUGLAS, Martin appointed
    director
  17. 2012-02-08
    DOUGLAS, John resigned
    director
  18. 2009-08-18
    BUTLER, Paul resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-06-12
    LUNDY, David Eric resigned
    director
  20. 2009-03-07
    DOUGLAS, John appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-03
    PATCHETT, Heather appointed
    director
  22. 2006-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 4/5 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT LIMITED
  23. 2006-12-08
    BUTLER, Paul appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-12-08
    LUNDY, David Eric appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Heather Patchett
Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45
sig. influencesignificant influence08/12/2016

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
Incorporated2006-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

88 High Street
Bempton
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO15 1HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Martin
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-02-08
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Active
PATCHETT, Heather
director · ~45y · appointed 2009-03-03
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Active
BUTLER, Paul
secretary · appointed 2006-12-08 · resigned 2009-08-18
Resigned
DOUGLAS, John
director · ~83y · appointed 2009-03-07 · resigned 2012-02-08
Resigned
LUNDY, David Eric
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-12-08 · resigned 2009-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-09-24
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2022-12-11
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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2021-12-17
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accounts · AA
2021-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-08