165 QUEENS PARK ROAD (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07626069 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-09
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
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year to May 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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-10-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-10-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-10-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-09-07
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    SWETE, Jessica Margaret appointed
    director
  13. 2022-09-07
    ➖
    GEESON, John resigned
    director
  14. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-10-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-10-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-10-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2020-10-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2020-03-11
    ➕
    GEESON, John appointed
    director
  23. 2020-03-11
    ➖
    O'BRIEN, Helen Mary resigned
    director
  24. 2019-09-02
    ➕
    ZANIEWSKA, Wanda appointed
    director
  25. 2019-09-02
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Helen Mary appointed
    director
  26. 2011-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 165 QUEENS PARK ROAD (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
  27. 2011-05-09
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Evelyn Joan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jessica Margaret Swete
Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/09/2022
Mrs Evelyn Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/09/2019
Mrs Wanda Zaniewski
Individual · Polish · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/09/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Geesonceased 07/09/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Helen O'Brienceased 11/03/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

25 Poulters Lane
Worthing
BN14 7SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COLEMAN, Evelyn Joan→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWETE, Jessica Margaret→
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZANIEWSKA, Wanda→
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEESON, John→
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-03-11 · resigned 2022-09-07
Resigned
O'BRIEN, Helen Mary→
director · ~74y · appointed 2019-09-02 · resigned 2020-03-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-10