24 SHELGATE ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06570013 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-18

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-06-13
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2022-04-01
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2021-06-11
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2020-04-09
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2019-03-29
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2018-04-18
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2016-10-06
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2016-04-18
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2012-03-29
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SKINNER, David Leo resigned
director
2012-03-28
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POMEROY, David appointed
director
2008-04-18
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Company incorporated
As 24 SHELGATE ROAD LIMITED
2008-04-18
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POMEROY, David appointed
secretary
2008-04-18
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MACDONALD, Sarah appointed
director
2008-04-18
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PIKE, Richard Robert Kerr appointed
director
2008-04-18
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SKINNER, David Leo 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Sarah Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Richard Robert Kerr Pike Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
David Pomeroy Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-04-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

24c Shelgate Road

London

SW11 1BE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

POMEROY, David→

secretary · appointed 2008-04-18

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Active

MACDONALD, Sarah→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-18

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Active

PIKE, Richard Robert Kerr→

director · ~75y · appointed 2008-04-18

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Active

POMEROY, David→

director · ~50y · appointed 2012-03-28

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Active

SKINNER, David Leo→

director · ~50y · appointed 2008-04-18 · resigned 2012-03-29

Resigned

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