97 COLLEGE ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08248091 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-10
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£578
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
44 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £578

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£578
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£116£231£347£462£578Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£578£578
Net assets£578£578

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-02-22
    ➖
    HES ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-09-13
    ➖
    CORK, Emma Jane Warren resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-06-08
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  15. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-12
    ➕
    HES ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2018-10-12
    ➖
    HUGGINS EDWARDS & SHARP LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2018-10-12
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2018-10-12
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  20. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-01-26
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    HUGGINS EDWARDS & SHARP LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2015-05-31
    ➖
    ILSLEY, Graham John resigned
    director
  23. 2012-10-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 97 COLLEGE ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED
  24. 2012-10-10
    ➕
    SAUNDERS, Bridget Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2012-10-10
    ➕
    SAUNDERS, David Albert appointed
    director
  26. 2012-10-10
    ➕
    WINYARD, Andrew Dennis appointed
    director
  27. 2012-10-10
    ➕
    CORK, Emma Jane Warren appointed
    director
  28. 2012-10-10
    ➕
    ILSLEY, Graham John 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

126 High Street
Epsom
KT19 8BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SAUNDERS, Bridget Mary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAUNDERS, David Albert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINYARD, Andrew Dennis→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HES ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-10-12 · resigned 2025-02-22
Resigned
HUGGINS EDWARDS & SHARP LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-01-26 · resigned 2018-10-12
Resigned
CORK, Emma Jane Warren→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-10-10 · resigned 2024-09-13
Resigned
ILSLEY, Graham John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-10 · resigned 2015-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-01