10 CONNAUGHT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
06459063 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-12-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
54 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    PONTEFRACT, Geraldine Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    PONTEFRACT, Geraldine Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    PONTEFRACT, Lisa Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    PONTEFRACT, Matthew Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 10 CONNAUGHT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
  21. 2007-12-21
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-12-21
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-12-21
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2007-12-21
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 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

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 Steve Pontefract
Individual · English · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/07/2016
Mr Steve Pontefract
Individual · English · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
——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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Cedarlea
Occupation Lane
Fareham
PO14 4BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

PONTEFRACT, Geraldine Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-01
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Active
PONTEFRACT, Geraldine Anne→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-01-01
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Active
PONTEFRACT, Lisa Anne→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-01-01
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Active
PONTEFRACT, Matthew Peter→
director · ~43y · appointed 2008-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-12-21 · resigned 2007-12-21
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-12-21 · resigned 2007-12-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-10