15 COMPTON AVENUE BRIGHTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07049461 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-20

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£20.2k

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

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,162

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£20k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-23	2024-06-23
Total assets	£45.2k	£43.1k
Current assets	£21.4k	£19.0k
Net assets	£20.2k	£18.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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2024-07-29
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2023-08-03
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2022-09-26
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2021-10-26
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2021-01-21
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2019-11-26
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2019-02-15
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2018-03-12
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accounts · AA
2017-03-23
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accounts · AA
2016-11-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-11-24
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accounts · AA
2015-07-17
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2015-03-18
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accounts · AA
2014-07-15
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2012-11-26
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WATSON, Amanda Veronica resigned
director
2012-11-26
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WATSON, Kenneth Harry resigned
director
2010-06-24
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BOWLES, Phillippe Frederick Dezottis appointed
secretary
2010-06-24
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RAGGIO, Robin resigned
secretary
2009-10-20
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Company incorporated
As 15 COMPTON AVENUE BRIGHTON LIMITED
2009-10-20
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BOWLES, Philippe Frederick Dezottis, Mr. appointed
director
2009-10-20
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MARSHALL, Stewart Balfour appointed
director
2009-10-20
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MYALL, Nick appointed
director
2009-10-20
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RAGGIO, Robin appointed
director
2009-10-20
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RAGGIO, Robin appointed
secretary
2009-10-20
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WATSON, Amanda Veronica appointed
director
2009-10-20
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WATSON, Kenneth Harry 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 73 — 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 73 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

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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144 WESTBOURNE STREET LIMITED→ 11569794 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
145 ARUNDEL ROAD (BRIGHTON) LIMITED→ 03636229 · est 1998 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	—	—
145 NEW CHURCH ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 05794458 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
146 HORNSEY LANE (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED→ 01597660 · est 1981 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	44y	—	—
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15 CLERMONT TERRACE (BRIGHTON) FREEHOLDERS LIMITED→ 11982680 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
15 CRESSWELL GARDENS LIMITED→ 02910532 · est 1994 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	32y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-10-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

1 Blatchington Road

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 3YP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last made up to: 2025-06-23

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

BOWLES, Phillippe Frederick Dezottis→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-24

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Active

BOWLES, Philippe Frederick Dezottis, Mr.→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-10-20

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Active

MARSHALL, Stewart Balfour→

director · ~73y · appointed 2009-10-20

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Active

MYALL, Nick→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-10-20

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Active

RAGGIO, Robin→

director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-20

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Active

RAGGIO, Robin→

secretary · appointed 2009-10-20 · resigned 2010-06-24

Resigned

WATSON, Amanda Veronica→

director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-20 · resigned 2012-11-26

Resigned

WATSON, Kenneth Harry→

director · ~92y · appointed 2009-10-20 · resigned 2012-11-26

Resigned

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