20-26 ELMWOOD ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06043456 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-08
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
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31

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
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-01-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 20-26 ELMWOOD ROAD LIMITED
  17. 2007-01-08
    ➕
    FRASER, Hopeton Delroy appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-01-08
    ➕
    FRASER, Hopeton Delroy appointed
    director
  19. 2007-01-08
    ➕
    PHILPOTT, Robert Charles 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • 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 Hopeton Delroy Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/01/2017
Mr Robert Charles Philpott
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/01/2017

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
Incorporated2007-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3 Oaks Mews
Bognor Regis
PO21 3AF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FRASER, Hopeton Delroy→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-08
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FRASER, Hopeton Delroy→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-01-08
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PHILPOTT, Robert Charles→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-01-08
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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21