60 DUDLEY ROAD FREEHOLD COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07470862 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-15

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£3

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

41 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.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£3	£3
Net assets	£3	£3

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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2024-09-05
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2023-09-26
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2022-09-28
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2021-09-27
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accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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2019-12-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-09-18
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2019-08-07
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officers · AP01
2019-08-07
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officers · TM01
2019-07-31
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THORP, Caroline Laura appointed
director
2019-07-31
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THORP, Martin Alleyne resigned
director
2018-09-27
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2017-09-30
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2016-08-01
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2016-01-13
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2014-04-03
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HOPKISSON, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2014-04-03
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LUCAS, Carolyn appointed
director
2014-04-03
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ABBS, Michael Albert resigned
director
2014-04-03
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LUCAS, Timothy resigned
director
2010-12-15
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Company incorporated
As 60 DUDLEY ROAD FREEHOLD COMPANY LIMITED
2010-12-15
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ABBS, Michael Albert appointed
director
2010-12-15
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LUCAS, Timothy appointed
director
2010-12-15
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THORP, Martin Alleyne appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Caroline Laura Thorp Individual · British · DOB 02/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2019
Mrs Deborah Jane Hopkisson Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Carolyn Lucas Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Martin Alleyne Thorpceased 31/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-12-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Hilden Park House

79 Tonbridge Road

Hildenborough

Kent

TN11 9BH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOPKISSON, Deborah Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 2014-04-03

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Active

LUCAS, Carolyn→

director · ~69y · appointed 2014-04-03

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Active

THORP, Caroline Laura→

director · ~80y · appointed 2019-07-31

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Active

ABBS, Michael Albert→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-12-15 · resigned 2014-04-03

Resigned

LUCAS, Timothy→

director · ~40y · appointed 2010-12-15 · resigned 2014-04-03

Resigned

THORP, Martin Alleyne→

director · ~85y · appointed 2010-12-15 · resigned 2019-07-31

Resigned

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