50 MASSETTS ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06411008 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-29
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

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

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£1£1£2£2Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-27
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  4. 2022-07-22
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-08-21
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  7. 2020-05-05
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  8. 2019-08-29
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  9. 2018-10-26
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  10. 2018-07-30
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  11. 2017-11-28
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  12. 2017-07-31
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  13. 2016-07-20
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  14. 2015-10-29
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  15. 2015-07-10
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  16. 2007-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 50 MASSETTS ROAD LIMITED
  17. 2007-10-29
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    PALMER, Wendy Stella appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-29
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    MATTHEWS, Robert Stephen appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-29
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    PALMER, Wendy Stella appointed
    director
  20. 2007-10-29
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    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-10-29
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    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2007-10-29
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    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2007-10-29
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    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED 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 83 — 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 83 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Stephen Matthews
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/10/2016
Mrs Wendy Stella Palmer
Individual · British · DOB 07/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/10/2016

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
Incorporated2007-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

2 Jessops Lodge 50
Massetts Road
Horley
Surrey
RH6 7DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PALMER, Wendy Stella→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-29
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Active
MATTHEWS, Robert Stephen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-10-29
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Active
PALMER, Wendy Stella→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-10-29
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Active
C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-29 · resigned 2007-10-29
Resigned
C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-10-29 · resigned 2007-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2025-10-19
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2025-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
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accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29