59 SOUTHBOURNE CRESCENT (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06568231 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-17
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
28 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
54 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees4400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-10-31
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    JAYSON, James appointed
    director
  17. 2008-10-30
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    ELTON, Lisa resigned
    director
  18. 2008-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 59 SOUTHBOURNE CRESCENT (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  19. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    MOSS, Alan Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    ECONOMIDES, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    MOSS, Alan Malcolm appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    ROSS, David Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    ELTON, Lisa appointed
    director
  24. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    EUROLIFE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-04-17
    ➖
    EUROLIFE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

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 77 — 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 77 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Charles Ross
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

134 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MOSS, Alan Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-17
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Active
ECONOMIDES, Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-04-17
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Active
JAYSON, James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-10-31
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Active
MOSS, Alan Malcolm→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-04-17
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Active
ROSS, David Charles→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELTON, Lisa→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-04-17 · resigned 2008-10-30
Resigned
EUROLIFE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-17 · resigned 2008-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-29