ARGYLE MEWS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07136195 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-26
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£12.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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 (3 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
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,168

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£12k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£303
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£12.2k£12.2k
Current assets£303£253
Net assets£12.2k£12.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-02-20
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Dayle Enid resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-11-08
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Dayle Enid appointed
    director
  7. 2023-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-10-13
    ➕
    APOSTOLOPOULOS, Dimitrios appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-11
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    STOBART, Hillary Alice resigned
    director
  13. 2022-08-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-13
    ➖
    CRONIN, Harry Michael resigned
    director
  17. 2020-10-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-09-20
    ➖
    ROGERS, Michael Trevor resigned
    director
  22. 2017-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-03-14
    ➕
    CRONIN, Harry Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2015-11-02
    ➖
    CUTLER, Alexandra Elizabeth resigned
    director
  25. 2010-05-01
    ➕
    ASTIN, Colin appointed
    secretary
  26. 2010-03-23
    ➕
    CUTLER, Alexandra Elizabeth appointed
    director
  27. 2010-03-23
    ➕
    ROGERS, Michael Trevor appointed
    director
  28. 2010-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARGYLE MEWS LIMITED
  29. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Harold William appointed
    director
  30. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    STOBART, Hillary Alice 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 16 years.
  • 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

The Barn, Downing Park Station Road
Swaffham Bulbeck
Cambridge
CB25 0NW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ASTIN, Colin→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
APOSTOLOPOULOS, Dimitrios→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKBURN, Harold William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRONIN, Harry Michael→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-03-14 · resigned 2020-10-13
Resigned
CUTLER, Alexandra Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2015-11-02
Resigned
ROGERS, Michael Trevor→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2018-09-20
Resigned
STOBART, Hillary Alice→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-01-26 · resigned 2022-08-11
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Dayle Enid→
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-11-08 · resigned 2025-02-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27