114-124 HABERDASHER STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07273716 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
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 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: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£1£2£4£5£6Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£6
Net assets—£6

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2025-03-17
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  3. 2023-07-20
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  4. 2023-03-09
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  5. 2021-10-04
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  6. 2021-06-15
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  7. 2020-03-24
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  8. 2019-02-22
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  9. 2018-03-15
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  10. 2017-03-29
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  11. 2016-05-09
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  12. 2016-03-15
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  13. 2015-06-03
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  14. 2015-03-02
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  15. 2014-08-04
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    address · AD01
  16. 2010-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As 114-124 HABERDASHER STREET LIMITED
  17. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    FREEMAN, Jonathan, Professor appointed
    director
  18. 2010-06-04
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    PORTCHMOUTH, Keith appointed
    director
  19. 2010-06-04
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    PORTCHMOUTH, Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2010-06-04
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    RUSSUM, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Jonathan Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    THOMSON, Lucinda 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
  • -6 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Jonathan Freeman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/05/2017

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
Incorporated2010-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Grove House, 2nd Floor 774 - 780 Wilmslow Road
Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

FREEMAN, Jonathan, Professor→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
PORTCHMOUTH, Keith→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
PORTCHMOUTH, Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
RUSSUM, Michael→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
TAYLOR, Jonathan Anthony→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
THOMSON, Lucinda→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-16