10 DUDLEY ROAD (TUNBRIDGE WELLS) LTD
🌳Matureactive
06949741 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
46 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 | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-20➖BENNETT, Tony resigneddirector
- 2025-11-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-03-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-04📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-03-29➕HARRIS, Michael Gladwyn appointedsecretary
- 2018-03-29➕HARRIS, Michael Gladwyn appointeddirector
- 2018-03-29➖BENNETT, Tony resignedsecretary
- 2018-03-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2009-07-01🏢Company incorporatedAs 10 DUDLEY ROAD (TUNBRIDGE WELLS) LTD
- 2009-07-01➕BACON, Frances Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2009-07-01➕BENNETT, Tony appointedsecretary
- 2009-07-01➕BENNETT, Tony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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 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
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 Michael Gladwyn Harris Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/01/2022 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Tony Clive Bennettceased 23/07/2025· significant influence
- Mrs Fran Baconceased 27/03/2019· significant influence
- Mr Tony Clive Bennettceased 29/03/2018· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
Bramble Cottage Shoreham Road
Otford
Sevenoaks
TN14 5RL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
HARRIS, Michael Gladwyn→
Activesecretary · appointed 2018-03-29
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BACON, Frances Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2009-07-01
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HARRIS, Michael Gladwyn→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2018-03-29
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BENNETT, Tony→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2018-03-29
BENNETT, Tony→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2026-03-20
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-24