42 AMWELL STREET FREEHOLD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07261927 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-06-29➖FORD, Peter Alan resigneddirector
- 2016-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2011-08-08➕MATTHEWS, John Andrew appointeddirector
- 2011-08-08➖PHILLPSON, David resigneddirector
- 2011-08-08➖PHILPSON, Eva resigneddirector
- 2010-07-15➕FORD, Peter Alan appointeddirector
- 2010-06-28➕WILLMOTT, Bryan John appointeddirector
- 2010-05-21🏢Company incorporatedAs 42 AMWELL STREET FREEHOLD LIMITED
- 2010-05-21➕PHILLPSON, David appointeddirector
- 2010-05-21➕PHILPSON, Eva appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 John Willmott Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 21/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
84 Newmarket Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 2LB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
MATTHEWS, John Andrew→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2011-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLMOTT, Bryan John→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORD, Peter Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2010-07-15 · resigned 2017-06-29
PHILLPSON, David→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2010-05-21 · resigned 2011-08-08
PHILPSON, Eva→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 2010-05-21 · resigned 2011-08-08
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2026-01-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-21