85 PALATINE ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07264737 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-25
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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year to May 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
44 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2025May 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-05-312025-05-25

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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  2. 2025-06-01
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  3. 2024-06-05
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  4. 2023-06-05
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  5. 2022-06-02
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  6. 2021-06-04
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  7. 2020-06-05
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  8. 2019-06-13
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  9. 2018-06-01
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  10. 2017-06-03
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  11. 2016-06-15
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  12. 2016-06-15
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  13. 2016-06-15
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  14. 2016-06-14
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  15. 2015-06-12
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  16. 2013-02-22
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    NORMAN, James Francis appointed
    director
  17. 2013-02-22
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    GOODRICH, Kara Elizabeth resigned
    director
  18. 2010-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 85 PALATINE ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  19. 2010-05-25
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    MORRIS, Noelle Valerie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-05-25
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    MORRIS, Noelle Valerie appointed
    director
  21. 2010-05-25
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    DAVIS, Andrew Simon appointed
    director
  22. 2010-05-25
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    DAVIS, Andrew Simon resigned
    director
  23. 2010-05-25
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    GOODRICH, Kara Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Noelle Valerie Morris
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Francis Norman
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

85 Palatine Road
London
N16 8SY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-02-29
Last made up to: 2026-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MORRIS, Noelle Valerie→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-25
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Active
MORRIS, Noelle Valerie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-25
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Active
NORMAN, James Francis→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-02-22
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Active
DAVIS, Andrew Simon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-05-25 · resigned 2010-05-25
Resigned
GOODRICH, Kara Elizabeth→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-05-25 · resigned 2013-02-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
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2026-06-05
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2025-06-01
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2024-06-05
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2024-06-05
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2023-06-05
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2023-06-05
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2022-06-02
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accounts · AA
2022-06-02
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2021-06-04
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2021-06-04
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2020-06-05
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2020-06-05
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2019-06-13