9 BIRCHINGTON ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06462873 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-03
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.
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 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£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
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-01
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  3. 2024-12-06
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  4. 2023-12-10
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  5. 2022-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-28
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  11. 2018-03-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2018-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2017-12-11
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  14. 2017-01-10
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  15. 2016-01-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-08-01
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    BARRETT, Jonathan Philip resigned
    director
  17. 2012-01-01
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    ROUTH, Timothy David appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As 9 BIRCHINGTON ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED
  19. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    WEST, Claire Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    HOOSON, Duncan appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Alan Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    BARRETT, Jonathan Philip 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 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC97000 — Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel

Registered office

9 Birchington Road
London
N8 8HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

WEST, Claire Louise→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
HOOSON, Duncan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
MARSHALL, Alan Stuart→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
ROUTH, Timothy David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-01-01
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Active
BARRETT, Jonathan Philip→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-01-03 · resigned 2012-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-30