5, WEST CLIFF GARDENS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07629135 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-10

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 May 2025

Net worth

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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

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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2022-01-27
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2021-04-23
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2020-01-22
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Company incorporated
As 5, WEST CLIFF GARDENS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2011-05-10
➕
FARRELL, Avril Judith appointed
director
2011-05-10
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FARRELL, Michael appointed
director
2011-05-10
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FORTUN, Russell Maximillian appointed
director
2011-05-10
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SLATER, Gerald Le Roy 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Avril Judith Farrell Individual · English · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/05/2016
Mr Michael Farrell Individual · English · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/05/2016
Mr Gerald Le Roy Slater Individual · English · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/05/2016
Mr Russell Maximillian Fortun Individual · English · DOB 01/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/05/2016

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

Incorporated2011-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

50 Romney Way

Hythe

Kent

CT21 6PN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

FARRELL, Avril Judith→

director · ~66y · appointed 2011-05-10

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FARRELL, Michael→

director · ~69y · appointed 2011-05-10

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FORTUN, Russell Maximillian→

director · ~46y · appointed 2011-05-10

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SLATER, Gerald Le Roy→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-05-10

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