194 NEW ROAD LTD

🌳Matureactive
06293774 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-06-26
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2025-06-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-05-03
    ➖
    COOMBER, James Edward resigned
    director
  7. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2021-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  18. 2007-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 194 NEW ROAD LTD
  19. 2007-06-26
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Gareth Robert appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-06-26
    ➕
    ATKINS, Malcolm Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-26
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Gareth Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-26
    ➕
    ABACUS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-06-26
    ➖
    ABACUS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-06-26
    ➕
    COOMBER, James Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2007-06-26
    ➕
    ABACUS COMPANY DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-06-26
    ➖
    ABACUS COMPANY DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

7 Balmoral Close
Gosport
Hants
PO13 0XJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

AUSTIN, Gareth Robert→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINS, Malcolm Paul→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTIN, Gareth Robert→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABACUS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-26 · resigned 2007-06-26
Resigned
COOMBER, James Edward→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-26 · resigned 2023-05-03
Resigned
ABACUS COMPANY DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-26 · resigned 2007-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-29