31 SAWYERS WAY (HEMEL HEMPSTEAD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06888922 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-27
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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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 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 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-17
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-03-16
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-03-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2016-09-01
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    GOPALAKRISHNAN, Gowrimani appointed
    director
  15. 2016-09-01
    ➖
    O'CONNOR, John resigned
    director
  16. 2016-09-01
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    O'CONNOR, Rose Nuala resigned
    director
  17. 2016-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2011-07-01
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    STAINES, Selina resigned
    director
  20. 2009-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 31 SAWYERS WAY (HEMEL HEMPSTEAD) LIMITED
  21. 2009-04-27
    ➕
    MURPHY, Caroline Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-27
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, John appointed
    director
  23. 2009-04-27
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, Rose Nuala appointed
    director
  24. 2009-04-27
    ➕
    STAINES, Selina appointed
    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 17 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 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Caroline Ann Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/03/2017
Ms Gowrimani Gopalakrishnan
Individual · Indian · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2009-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

31a Sawyers Way
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 4ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GOPALAKRISHNAN, Gowrimani→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-09-01
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Active
MURPHY, Caroline Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'CONNOR, John→
director · ~89y · appointed 2009-04-27 · resigned 2016-09-01
Resigned
O'CONNOR, Rose Nuala→
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-04-27 · resigned 2016-09-01
Resigned
STAINES, Selina→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-04-27 · resigned 2011-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02