THE REAL GARDENING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06041496 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£189.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £189,833
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£190k
↑ 1824% YoY
Current Assets
£392k
↑ 322% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£11k£70k£150k£231k£312k£392kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£464.4k£120.4k
Current assets£392.2k£93.0k
Net assets£189.8k£-11.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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  3. 2023-12-12
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  4. 2023-03-31
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  5. 2021-12-31
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  6. 2021-07-16
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2021-07-13
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    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-02-09
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  10. 2019-12-23
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  11. 2018-12-09
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  12. 2018-04-23
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  13. 2018-04-23
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  14. 2018-04-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-12-21
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  17. 2014-08-19
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    DANDRIDGE, David Paul resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As THE REAL GARDENING COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2007-01-04
    ➕
    EVANS, Nancy Kathleen appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-04
    ➕
    EVANS, Tecwyn appointed
    director
  21. 2007-01-04
    ➕
    DANDRIDGE, David Paul appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-01-04
    ➕
    VANTIS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-01-04
    ➖
    VANTIS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-01-04
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    VANTIS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-01-04
    ➖
    VANTIS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tecwyn Evans
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Nancy Evans
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

47 Oakhill Road
Horsham
RH13 5LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

EVANS, Nancy Kathleen→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVANS, Tecwyn→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANDRIDGE, David Paul→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-04 · resigned 2014-08-19
Resigned
VANTIS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-01-04 · resigned 2007-01-04
Resigned
VANTIS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-01-04 · resigned 2007-01-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
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accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-09