74 CLAVERTON STREET LIMITED

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06951195 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-07-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-09
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-08
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-07-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2014-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-07-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-05-28
    RAGGETT, Richard John resigned
    secretary
  16. 2014-05-28
    RAGGETT, Richard John resigned
    director
  17. 2014-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2009-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As 74 CLAVERTON STREET LIMITED
  19. 2009-07-03
    GRIMES, Alexander David Hugh appointed
    director
  20. 2009-07-03
    HYDE-COOPER, Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2009-07-03
    RAGGETT, Richard John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-07-03
    RAGGETT, Richard John 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 79 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

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
Incorporated2009-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

74 Claverton Street
London
SW1V 3AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GRIMES, Alexander David Hugh
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-07-03
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Active
HYDE-COOPER, Christopher
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-07-03
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Active
RAGGETT, Richard John
secretary · appointed 2009-07-03 · resigned 2014-05-28
Resigned
RAGGETT, Richard John
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-07-03 · resigned 2014-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-08-14