27 ESSEX ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07389178 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-09-28

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£61

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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £61

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£61

↑ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£311

↑ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£18.4k	£18.3k
Current assets	£311	£301
Net assets	£61	£51

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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TUCKER, Paul Leslie appointed
secretary
2023-09-04
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-08
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-08
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-09-29
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COOPER, Sally appointed
secretary
2020-09-29
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FISHER, Luke Vincent resigned
secretary
2020-09-29
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FISHER, Luke Vincent resigned
director
2020-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-11
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TUCKER, Adele appointed
director
2020-01-11
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TUCKER, Paul Leslie appointed
director
2018-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-21
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COOPER, Sally resigned
secretary
2018-05-21
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FISHER, Luke Vincent appointed
secretary
2016-01-11
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FISHER, Luke Vincent appointed
director
2016-01-11
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WATTON, Martin resigned
director
2015-10-06
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MCNULTY, Catherine Louise resigned
director
2015-06-24
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COOPER, Sally appointed
secretary
2015-06-24
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WATTON, Martin resigned
secretary
2010-09-28
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Company incorporated
As 27 ESSEX ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED
2010-09-28
➕
COOPER, Sally Anne appointed
director
2010-09-28
➕
GILLARD, Roy appointed
director
2010-09-28
➕
WATTON, Martin appointed
secretary
2010-09-28
➕
MCNULTY, Catherine Louise appointed
director
2010-09-28
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WATTON, Martin 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

-4 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sally Anne Cooper Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/02/2023
Mr Paul Leslie Tucker Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/02/2023

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-09-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Lps Livingstone, Wenzel House

Olds Approach

Watford

WD18 9AB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02