10E GLOUCESTER DRIVE FREEHOLD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06225485 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-24
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 Apr 2025
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-25📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2018-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-06-30➕WOLPERT GRASSI, Giulietta appointeddirector
- 2017-06-30➕WOLPERT GRASSI, Katerina appointeddirector
- 2017-06-30➖STEVENS, Guy William resigneddirector
- 2017-05-21➕WATHAN, Paul appointedsecretary
- 2017-05-21➖STEVENS, Guy William resignedsecretary
- 2014-04-04➖WALKER, Jennifer Mary Jean resigneddirector
- 2011-05-17➕LAU, Eric appointeddirector
- 2011-05-01➖CONNOLLY, Ann Marie, Dr resigneddirector
- 2007-11-14➕GILL, Robert David appointeddirector
- 2007-10-01➕STEVENS, Guy William appointeddirector
- 2007-05-18➕WATHAN, Paul appointeddirector
- 2007-05-18➕STEVENS, Guy William appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-18➖L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-05-18➕CONNOLLY, Ann Marie, Dr appointeddirector
- 2007-05-18➕WALKER, Jennifer Mary Jean appointeddirector
- 2007-05-18➖L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-04-24🏢Company incorporatedAs 10E GLOUCESTER DRIVE FREEHOLD LIMITED
- 2007-04-24➕L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-04-24➕L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paul Wathan Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | — | — | board controlboard control | 21/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| 38 SEVEN SISTERS LTD→ 17072662 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 CASTLE MEWS (FREEHOLD) LIMITED→ 09850019 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| 41A CROMWELL AVENUE LIMITED→ 01262678 · est 1976 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 49y | — | — |
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| 64 GROSVENOR AVENUE LIMITED→ 01749301 · est 1983 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 42y | — | — |
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| 69, UPPER TOLLINGTON PARK N4 MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 03704838 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| 7 CHARTERIS ROAD LIMITED→ 05735213 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| 7 ELLERDALE ROAD NW3 LIMITED→ 08643604 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
82c Queens Drive
London
N4 2HW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12
Officers (6 active · 6 resigned)
Active
GILL, Robert David→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2007-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATHAN, Paul→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2007-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOLPERT GRASSI, Giulietta→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2017-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOLPERT GRASSI, Katerina→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2017-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENS, Guy William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2017-05-21
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-04-24 · resigned 2007-05-18
CONNOLLY, Ann Marie, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2011-05-01
STEVENS, Guy William→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2017-06-30
WALKER, Jennifer Mary Jean→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2014-04-04
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-04-24 · resigned 2007-05-18
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Recent filings (71 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12