70 SYDENHAM ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06843797 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
44 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-09-29
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    CLARK, Natasha resigned
    director
  17. 2013-09-23
    ➕
    CLARK, Marijana appointed
    director
  18. 2009-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 70 SYDENHAM ROAD LIMITED
  19. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    CAMERON, Mary Clare appointed
    director
  20. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    COOLING, Madeline Clare appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    PREEST, Helen Louise appointed
    director
  22. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    CLARK, Natasha 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Madeline Clare Cooling
Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest13/01/2020
Mrs Mary Clare Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

24 Lime Street
London
EC3M 7HS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CAMERON, Mary Clare→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-03-11
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Active
CLARK, Marijana→
director · ~85y · appointed 2013-09-23
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Active
COOLING, Madeline Clare→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-03-11
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Active
PREEST, Helen Louise→
director · ~52y · appointed 2009-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Natasha→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2013-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25