135 HAMMERSMITH GROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07059802 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-28
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£99
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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 (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £99
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£99
~ YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£607£1k£2k£2k£3kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£68.5k£67.8k
Current assets£3.0k£2.3k
Net assets£99£99

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-03-28
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    NANWANI, Avish appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-28
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    EDWORTHY, Patrick John resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-07-28
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  18. 2015-04-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2012-07-04
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    SWINTON, Emma appointed
    director
  20. 2012-07-04
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    CANNELL, Jonathan resigned
    director
  21. 2010-02-13
    ➕
    FRIED, John appointed
    director
  22. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    NANWANI, Pashmina Vinod appointed
    director
  23. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    PARKAR, Shabnam appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    EDWORTHY, Patrick John appointed
    director
  25. 2009-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 135 HAMMERSMITH GROVE LIMITED
  26. 2009-10-28
    ➕
    FRIED, John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2009-10-28
    ➕
    CANNELL, Jonathan appointed
    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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-08

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

135 Hammersmith Grove
London
W6 0NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-08OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-25

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

FRIED, John→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-28
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Active
FRIED, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-02-13
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Active
NANWANI, Avish→
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-03-28
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Active
NANWANI, Pashmina Vinod→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKAR, Shabnam→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-12-12
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Active
SWINTON, Emma→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-07-04
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Active
CANNELL, Jonathan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-10-28 · resigned 2012-07-04
Resigned
EDWORTHY, Patrick John→
director · ~88y · appointed 2009-12-12 · resigned 2023-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30