87 CHANCERY LANE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07308701 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-08

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-05-28
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2024-09-09
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accounts · AA
2023-11-17
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-12-11
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accounts · AA
2017-07-17
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officers · CH01
2016-07-27
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accounts · AA
2013-12-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: C Hoare & Co
2010-09-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: C Hoare & Co
2010-07-08
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Company incorporated
As 87 CHANCERY LANE LIMITED
2010-07-08
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MAX, Lara Rachel appointed
director
2010-07-08
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MAX, Richard David appointed
director
2010-07-08
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2010-07-08
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lara Rachel Max Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/07/2017
Mr Richard David Max Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/07/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Sla Property Company Ltdceased 09/07/2017· significant influence · trust interest
Suffolk Life Annuities Ltdceased 09/07/2017· significant influence · trust interest

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

Incorporated2010-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

87 Chancery Lane

London

WC2A 1ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MAX, Lara Rachel→

director · ~50y · appointed 2010-07-08

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Active

MAX, Richard David→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-07-08

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2010-07-08 · resigned 2010-07-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	C Hoare & Co	A registered charge	1 property	18/12/2013	—
	outstanding	C Hoare & Co	Legal charge	1 property	15/09/2010	—

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