23 SPRINGFIELD ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06396282 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£2
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Net assets shrinking
Down £1 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£400£800£1k£2k£2kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2£3
Current assets£1.1k£2.0k
Net assets£2£3

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2025-12-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-04-04
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  7. 2025-04-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-04-04
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2025-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2025-02-04
    ➕
    B-HIVE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2025-02-04
    ➖
    IHENYEN, Rebecca resigned
    secretary
  12. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-10-31
    ➕
    PEARCE, Amy appointed
    director
  21. 2013-10-31
    ➖
    IANTOSCA, Giuseppe resigned
    director
  22. 2007-10-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 23 SPRINGFIELD ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED
  23. 2007-10-11
    ➕
    IHENYEN, Rebecca appointed
    director
  24. 2007-10-11
    ➕
    PETLEY, Geraldine Margaret appointed
    director
  25. 2007-10-11
    ➕
    IHENYEN, Rebecca appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-10-11
    ➕
    IANTOSCA, Giuseppe 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 77 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Geraldine Margaret Petley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Amy Pearce
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Rebecca Ihenyen
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Stonemead House
95 London Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 2RF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

B-HIVE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IHENYEN, Rebecca→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Amy→
director · ~45y · appointed 2013-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETLEY, Geraldine Margaret→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IHENYEN, Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2025-02-04
Resigned
IANTOSCA, Giuseppe→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2013-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-04
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11