3 GLADSTONE TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06243748 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-10

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 May 2025

Net worth

£277

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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £277

Net assets shrinking

Down £233 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£277

↓ 46% YoY

Current Assets

£132

↓ 87% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£277	£800
Current assets	£132	£986
Net assets	£277	£510

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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2025-02-17
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2023-02-10
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2021-12-03
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2021-02-09
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2020-02-04
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2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-02-15
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accounts · AA
2017-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-11
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accounts · AA
2015-06-09
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2015-02-24
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accounts · AA
2014-07-07
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2013-05-10
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BUSHEN, Kate Ann appointed
director
2012-08-01
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VICKERS, Andrew David resigned
director
2008-01-18
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GRATTAGE, Trevor James, Dr appointed
director
2007-09-28
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VICKERS, Andrew David appointed
director
2007-05-10
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Company incorporated
As 3 GLADSTONE TERRACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2007-05-10
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SPEDDING, Graham Calver appointed
secretary
2007-05-10
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SPEDDING, Christopher Richard Eric appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Richard Eric Spedding Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/05/2017

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

Incorporated2007-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

3 Gladstone Terrace

Bridlington

East Yorkshire

YO15 2PN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SPEDDING, Graham Calver→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-10

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Active

BUSHEN, Kate Ann→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-05-10

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Active

GRATTAGE, Trevor James, Dr→

director · ~78y · appointed 2008-01-18

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Active

SPEDDING, Christopher Richard Eric→

director · ~49y · appointed 2007-05-10

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Active

VICKERS, Andrew David→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-09-28 · resigned 2012-08-01

Resigned

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