23 ELGIN CRESCENT FREEHOLD COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06310505 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-12
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
51 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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-16
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    BARHAM, Elizabeth Tassy Chipp resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-07-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-26
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    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  7. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-23
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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. 2019-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-06-23
    ➕
    MACINNES, Calum Neil Forbes appointed
    director
  18. 2008-07-30
    ➖
    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 23 ELGIN CRESCENT FREEHOLD COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    BARHAM, Elizabeth Tassy Chipp appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    HALCYON PROPERTIES LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    BARHAM, Elizabeth Tassy Chipp appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-07-12
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2007-07-12
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-07-12
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2007-07-12
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Elizabeth Tassy Chip Barham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Calum Macinnes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

23 Elgin Crescent
London
W11 2JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BARHAM, Elizabeth Tassy Chipp→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACINNES, Calum Neil Forbes→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALCYON PROPERTIES LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARHAM, Elizabeth Tassy Chipp→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2024-07-16
Resigned
JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2008-07-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2007-07-12
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2007-07-12
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2007-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-01