3-5 COWLEY ROAD OXFORD RTM COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08101071 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2012-06-12
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,527
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,115 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£5k£8k£10k£13kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£4.5k£12.6k
Net assets£4.5k£12.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    STANSFIELD, Patricia Jane resigned
    director
  2. 2025-11-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-06-30
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  4. 2025-02-20
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  5. 2023-07-02
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  6. 2023-05-31
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    PACKHAM, James resigned
    director
  7. 2023-05-31
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-07-05
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  9. 2022-04-13
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  10. 2020-07-04
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  11. 2019-07-15
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  12. 2018-07-02
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  13. 2017-07-13
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  14. 2016-11-08
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  15. 2016-06-14
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  16. 2016-03-02
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  17. 2015-06-15
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  18. 2012-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 3-5 COWLEY ROAD OXFORD RTM COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2012-06-12
    ➕
    CHRISTOFORI, Elsa appointed
    director
  20. 2012-06-12
    ➕
    TRAFFORD, Anthony Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2012-06-12
    ➕
    PACKHAM, James appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-12
    ➕
    STANSFIELD, Patricia Jane 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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 Anthony Martin Trafford
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/06/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2012-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

232 Marlborough Road
Oxford
OX1 4LT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-14
Last: 2026-05-31

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CHRISTOFORI, Elsa→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAFFORD, Anthony Martin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-06-12
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Active
PACKHAM, James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-06-12 · resigned 2023-05-31
Resigned
STANSFIELD, Patricia Jane→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-06-12 · resigned 2025-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-12