38 OCK STREET (ABINGDON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06882697 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-04-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-9.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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 (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,293

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 140% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£9k-£8k-£7k-£6k-£5k-£4kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-9.3k£-3.9k
Net assets£-9.3k£-3.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2018-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-03-28
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    FREARSON, Eleanor Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2011-02-23
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Harriet Sarah appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-23
    ➕
    FREARSON, Nicholas Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-23
    ➕
    JEWELL, Susanna Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-23
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Harriet Sarah appointed
    director
  21. 2011-02-23
    ➖
    BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-02-23
    ➖
    DOMINIC, Shaun Michael resigned
    director
  23. 2010-09-30
    ➖
    BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2009-04-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 38 OCK STREET (ABINGDON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  25. 2009-04-21
    ➕
    BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-04-21
    ➕
    DOMINIC, Shaun Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2009-04-21
    ➕
    BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2009-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Goose Acre Farm Thrupp Lane
Radley
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 3NG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

KNIGHT, Harriet Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FREARSON, Eleanor Jane→
director · ~35y · appointed 2011-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FREARSON, Nicholas Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JEWELL, Susanna Helen→
director · ~41y · appointed 2011-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Harriet Sarah→
director · ~39y · appointed 2011-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-21 · resigned 2011-02-23
Resigned
DOMINIC, Shaun Michael→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-21 · resigned 2011-02-23
Resigned
BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-04-21 · resigned 2010-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21