20 LARKFIELD ROAD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06489863 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-31
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
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-251
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £251
Cash YoY
+64%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↑ 64% YoY
Net Worth
-£251
↑ 97% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-251 | £-8.3k |
| Current assets | £7.8k | £5.0k |
| Cash | £2.2k | £1.4k |
| Debtors | £5.6k | £3.6k |
| Net assets | £-251 | £-8.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-03-27➕DETTMER, Katie appointeddirector
- 2008-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs 20 LARKFIELD ROAD LIMITED
- 2008-01-31➕DETTMER, Katie appointedsecretary
- 2008-01-31➕SALTER, Dan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Katie Dettmer Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/01/2017 |
Mr Dan Salter Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
2 Cranwell Close
St Albans
Herts
AL4 0SH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
DETTMER, Katie→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-03-27
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-12