165 UPLAND ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06680493 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-26
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£43.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
39 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £43,765
Net assets shrinking
Down £109 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£44k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
↑ 67% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£18k£26k£35k£44kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£43.8k£43.9k
Current assets£100£60
Net assets£43.8k£43.9k

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-08-30
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  4. 2022-08-30
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  5. 2021-08-26
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  6. 2020-05-28
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  7. 2019-05-31
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  8. 2018-05-04
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  9. 2017-05-15
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  10. 2016-05-27
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  11. 2015-09-16
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  12. 2015-08-27
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    MACKIE, Daniel Robert appointed
    director
  13. 2015-08-27
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  14. 2015-05-26
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  16. 2014-05-29
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  17. 2008-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 165 UPLAND ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2008-08-26
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    LORDSHIP COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-08-26
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    JOSEPH, Gino appointed
    director
  20. 2008-08-26
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    ADAMS, Laurence Douglas appointed
    director
  21. 2008-08-26
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    ADAMS, Laurence Douglas resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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 Gino Joseph
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest22/08/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

55 North Cross Road
East Dulwich
London
SE22 9ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LORDSHIP COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-26
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Active
JOSEPH, Gino→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-08-26
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Active
MACKIE, Daniel Robert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-08-27
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Active
ADAMS, Laurence Douglas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-08-26 · resigned 2008-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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2024-08-20
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2023-09-04
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2022-09-09
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2021-10-01
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2021-08-26
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2020-09-16
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2020-05-28
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2019-10-22
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2019-05-31
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2018-09-29