157 AND 159 PUTNEY BRIDGE ROAD LTD

🌳Matureactive
06379932 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-24
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-10-03
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  3. 2023-10-02
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  4. 2022-10-01
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  5. 2021-10-02
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  6. 2020-10-05
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  7. 2019-10-11
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  8. 2018-10-01
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  9. 2017-10-03
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  10. 2016-10-10
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  11. 2016-01-27
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  12. 2015-11-18
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  13. 2015-10-20
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    COBB, James Peter appointed
    director
  14. 2015-10-20
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    AIDROOS, Frederick resigned
    director
  15. 2015-10-13
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  16. 2015-10-13
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  17. 2014-10-09
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  18. 2007-09-25
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    BOLTON, Susan Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2007-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 157 AND 159 PUTNEY BRIDGE ROAD LTD
  20. 2007-09-24
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    BOLTON, Susan Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-09-24
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    AIDROOS, Frederick 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Susan Mary Bolton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/09/2016
Mr James Peter Cobb
Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/09/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

159 Putney Bridge Road
London
SW15 2NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOLTON, Susan Mary→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-24
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BOLTON, Susan Mary→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-09-25
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COBB, James Peter→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-10-20
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Active
AIDROOS, Frederick→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-09-24 · resigned 2015-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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2025-10-07
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2025-09-27
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accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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2024-09-25
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accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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2023-10-02
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2022-10-01
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2022-10-01
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2021-10-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
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2020-10-05
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2020-09-24
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2019-10-11
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2019-09-28
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2018-10-01