18-22 GRANVILLE STREET (IPSWICH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07630557 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-11

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

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year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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
Average employees	100	100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
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2024-10-31
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2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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2022-02-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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officers · AP01
2021-03-25
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officers · TM01
2021-03-25
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officers · AP01
2021-03-25
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2021-03-25
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2021-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-25
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officers · AP01
2021-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-15
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FARRANT, Charlotte Louise appointed
director
2021-03-15
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FARRANT, David John appointed
director
2021-03-15
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FARRANT, Jill Heather appointed
director
2021-03-15
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FARRANT, Thomas Leonard John appointed
director
2021-03-15
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BIRCH, Stephen Paul resigned
director
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2016-10-01
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BIRCH, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2016-09-30
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TAYLOR, Nicholas Edwin resigned
director
2012-04-06
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TAYLOR, Gordon Raymond resigned
director
2012-04-06
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TAYLOR, Nicholas Edwin appointed
director
2011-05-11
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Company incorporated
As 18-22 GRANVILLE STREET (IPSWICH) LIMITED
2011-05-11
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TAYLOR, Gordon Raymond appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jill Heather Farrant Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/03/2021
Mr David John Farrant Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/03/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Stephen Paul Birchceased 15/03/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2011-05-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

The Coach House

Headgate

Colchester

CO3 3BT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-25

Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

FARRANT, Charlotte Louise→

director · ~46y · appointed 2021-03-15

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Active

FARRANT, David John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2021-03-15

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Active

FARRANT, Jill Heather→

director · ~72y · appointed 2021-03-15

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Active

FARRANT, Thomas Leonard John→

director · ~43y · appointed 2021-03-15

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Active

BIRCH, Stephen Paul→

director · ~66y · appointed 2016-10-01 · resigned 2021-03-15

Resigned

TAYLOR, Gordon Raymond→

director · ~93y · appointed 2011-05-11 · resigned 2012-04-06

Resigned

TAYLOR, Nicholas Edwin→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-04-06 · resigned 2016-09-30

Resigned

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