JERNINGHAM ROAD CO LTD

🌳Matureactive

06283518 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-06-18

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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2024-11-24
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2023-12-02
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2022-11-26
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2021-11-28
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2021-02-25
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2019-12-11
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2018-12-14
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2017-12-03
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2016-12-12
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accounts · AA
2016-07-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-11
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officers · AP03
2015-09-10
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BELL, Rachel Jane appointed
secretary
2015-07-13
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-13
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address · AD02
2015-06-01
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PARTRIDGE, Catherine Anne resigned
secretary
2015-06-01
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CHOAT, Richard resigned
director
2015-06-01
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address · AD01
2015-06-01
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officers · TM01
2007-07-03
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BELL, Rachel Jane appointed
director
2007-06-18
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Company incorporated
As JERNINGHAM ROAD CO LTD
2007-06-18
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HATCHARD, Mark Frederick appointed
director
2007-06-18
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PARTRIDGE, Catherine Anne appointed
secretary
2007-06-18
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CHOAT, Richard 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 61 — 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 61. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Frederick Hatchard Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	—	25–50%	board control25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	18/06/2016
Mrs Rachel Jane Bell Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56	—	25–50%	board control25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	18/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2007-06-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

4 Harrington Villas

Brighton

BN1 6RG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-02

Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BELL, Rachel Jane→

secretary · appointed 2015-09-10

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Active

BELL, Rachel Jane→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-07-03

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Active

HATCHARD, Mark Frederick→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-06-18

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Active

PARTRIDGE, Catherine Anne→

secretary · appointed 2007-06-18 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

CHOAT, Richard→

director · ~76y · appointed 2007-06-18 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

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