45 THE DRIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07571949 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£-146
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £146

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£146
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
-£146-£146-£146-£146-£146-£146Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£-146£-146
Net assets£-146£-146

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-12-17
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    SCALES, John Christopher resigned
    director
  19. 2011-03-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 45 THE DRIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    BENTON, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    CROUCHER, Jonathan Edward, The Venerable appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    DIBLEY, Nathan Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    SCALES, John Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nathan Michael Dibley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
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
Incorporated2011-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

32 Clarence Street
Southend-On-Sea
SS1 1BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BENTON, Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROUCHER, Jonathan Edward, The Venerable→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIBLEY, Nathan Michael→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCALES, John Christopher→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-03-21 · resigned 2013-12-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21