1 & 3 SHIPMAN ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06689723 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-04
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 accountsCash
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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 | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2008-09-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 1 & 3 SHIPMAN ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2008-09-04➕MCLAREN, Lynne appointeddirector
- 2008-09-04➕PARKES, Leigh Nigel William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Leigh Nigel William Parkes Individual · English · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 03/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
3 Shipman Road
London
SE23 2DY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCLAREN, Lynne→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2008-09-04
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PARKES, Leigh Nigel William→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2008-09-04
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Recent filings (38 total)
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