21 ST STEPHENS AVENUE LTD

🌳Matureactive
06443473 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-12-03
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£0
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
52 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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
£0
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£0£0
Net assets£0£0

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
2
filings
  • • 2 address
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-20
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-12-31
    ➖
    DEARDS, Linda resigned
    secretary
  13. 2019-10-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-23
    ➕
    SHIELDS, David William appointed
    director
  18. 2015-10-23
    ➖
    SITWELL, Henrietta Louise Vereker resigned
    director
  19. 2009-12-27
    ➕
    SITWELL, Henrietta Louise Vereker appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-10
    ➕
    DEARDS, Linda appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-12-10
    ➖
    SITWELL, Henrietta Louise Vereker resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-12-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 21 ST STEPHENS AVENUE LTD
  23. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    ARCHIBALD, Felicity Alison appointed
    director
  24. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    DEARDS, Giles David appointed
    director
  25. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    KAISER, Anthony James appointed
    director
  26. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    SITWELL, Henrietta Louise Vereker appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

128 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ARCHIBALD, Felicity Alison→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEARDS, Giles David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAISER, Anthony James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHIELDS, David William→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEARDS, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-10 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned
SITWELL, Henrietta Louise Vereker→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2008-12-10
Resigned
SITWELL, Henrietta Louise Vereker→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-12-27 · resigned 2015-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-21