5 & 6 CROMWELL PLACE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06728438 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-21
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
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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-08-07
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    TENNANT, Bruce appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-25
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    GUEST, Andrew Whitman resigned
    director
  7. 2022-10-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-10-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-10-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-07-18
    ➕
    GUEST, Andrew Whitman appointed
    director
  19. 2017-07-18
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    WALKER, Hereward Roderik resigned
    director
  20. 2017-07-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2011-07-22
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    WALKER, Hereward Roderik appointed
    director
  22. 2011-07-20
    ➖
    ROBERTS, David Leigh resigned
    director
  23. 2008-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 5 & 6 CROMWELL PLACE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  24. 2008-10-21
    ➕
    RAGGETT, Terence appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-10-21
    ➕
    RAGGETT, Terence appointed
    director
  26. 2008-10-21
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-10-21
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-10-21
    ➕
    COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointed
    director
  29. 2008-10-21
    ➖
    COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigned
    director
  30. 2008-10-21
    ➕
    ROBERTS, David Leigh appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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 Terence Raggett
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew Whitman Guestceased 25/10/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Ms Jennifer Amy Hurdleceased 25/10/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2008-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

5 And 6 Cromwell Place
London
SW14 7HA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

RAGGETT, Terence→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-21
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Active
RAGGETT, Terence→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-10-21
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Active
TENNANT, Bruce→
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-21 · resigned 2008-10-21
Resigned
COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-10-21 · resigned 2008-10-21
Resigned
GUEST, Andrew Whitman→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-07-18 · resigned 2022-10-25
Resigned
ROBERTS, David Leigh→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-10-21 · resigned 2011-07-20
Resigned
WALKER, Hereward Roderik→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-07-22 · resigned 2017-07-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26