14 CHESTERFORD GARDENS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

06594385 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-15

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 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	2025-05-15	2024-05-15

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-12
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accounts · AA
2025-02-05
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2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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accounts · AA
2022-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-28
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officers · AP01
2020-11-28
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officers · TM01
2020-11-28
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officers · TM02
2020-11-25
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IVANOV, Sergey resigned
secretary
2020-11-20
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VAINA, Elena appointed
director
2020-11-20
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GAGEN, Heather Claire resigned
director
2020-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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MENDELSOHN, Jonathan Neil, Lord appointed
director
2017-12-21
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FORD, Ken resigned
director
2017-12-21
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MENDELSOHN, Nicola Sharon, Lady resigned
director
2017-12-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-12-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-12-21
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officers · AP01
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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officers · AP01
2017-09-08
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SAW, Seang Kuan appointed
director
2017-09-06
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BAILEY, Kathryn Margaret resigned
director
2017-05-25
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MENDELSOHN, Nicola Sharon, Lady appointed
director
2017-05-08
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DRENNAN, Richard Gordon resigned
director
2017-05-08
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GAGEN, Heather Claire appointed
director
2008-05-15
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Company incorporated
As 14 CHESTERFORD GARDENS LTD.
2008-05-15
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JEANS, Amelia Giuseppina appointed
director
2008-05-15
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JONES, Maria appointed
director
2008-05-15
➕
IVANOV, Sergey appointed
secretary
2008-05-15
➕
BAILEY, Kathryn Margaret appointed
director
2008-05-15
➕
DRENNAN, Richard Gordon appointed
director
2008-05-15
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FORD, Ken appointed
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

-5 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 69 — 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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-05-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

14 Chesterford Gardens

London

NW3 7DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last made up to: 2025-05-15

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

JEANS, Amelia Giuseppina→

director · ~69y · appointed 2008-05-15

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Active

JONES, Maria→

director · ~52y · appointed 2008-05-15

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Active

MENDELSOHN, Jonathan Neil, Lord→

director · ~60y · appointed 2017-12-21

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Active

SAW, Seang Kuan→

director · ~55y · appointed 2017-09-08

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Active

VAINA, Elena→

director · ~37y · appointed 2020-11-20

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Active

IVANOV, Sergey→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2020-11-25

Resigned

BAILEY, Kathryn Margaret→

director · ~76y · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2017-09-06

Resigned

DRENNAN, Richard Gordon→

director · ~78y · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2017-05-08

Resigned

FORD, Ken→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2017-12-21

Resigned

GAGEN, Heather Claire→

director · ~44y · appointed 2017-05-08 · resigned 2020-11-20

Resigned

MENDELSOHN, Nicola Sharon, Lady→

director · ~55y · appointed 2017-05-25 · resigned 2017-12-21

Resigned

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