38 THOMPSON ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06480415 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-22
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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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-01-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 38 THOMPSON ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  17. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    HOLMES, Elspeth Lucy appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    BELL, Andrew James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    HOLMES, Elspeth Lucy appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    EUROLIFE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-01-22
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    EUROLIFE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-01-22
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    EUROLIFE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-01-22
    ➖
    EUROLIFE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Ms Elspeth Lucy Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew James Bell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2008-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

38 A Thompson Road
London
Greater London
SE22 9JR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HOLMES, Elspeth Lucy→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-22
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Active
BELL, Andrew James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-01-22
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Active
HOLMES, Elspeth Lucy→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-01-22
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Active
EUROLIFE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-22 · resigned 2008-01-22
Resigned
EUROLIFE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-22 · resigned 2008-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-31