DELANCEY ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06596629 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-19
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.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
60 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-11➕BOWDEN, James Edward Blake appointeddirector
- 2025-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-23➖DELANCEY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-07-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2023-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-06-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2019-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2008-06-09➕RITBLAT, James William Jeremy appointeddirector
- 2008-06-09➕DELANCEY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-06-09➖OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-06-09➖OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2008-06-09➖OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2008-05-19🏢Company incorporatedAs DELANCEY ESTATES LIMITED
- 2008-05-19➕OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-05-19➕OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-05-19➕OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
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
59/100
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.
- 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.)
Group structure
Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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DELANCEY ESTATES LIMITED
This company · 06596629
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
2 Fitzroy Place
8 Mortimer Street
London
England
W1T 3JJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-23
Last: 2026-06-09
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
BOWDEN, James Edward Blake→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2026-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RITBLAT, James William Jeremy→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DELANCEY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-09 · resigned 2025-07-23
OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-19 · resigned 2008-06-09
OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-05-19 · resigned 2008-06-09
OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-05-19 · resigned 2008-06-09
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Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09