17 GUILDFORD ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08488932 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-15
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£2
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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
32 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 £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-29
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-05-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-01-27
    ➕
    WILSON, David Andrew James appointed
    director
  17. 2014-01-27
    ➖
    WHEATSTONE, Clive Stephen resigned
    director
  18. 2013-04-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 17 GUILDFORD ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2013-04-15
    ➕
    BATES, Michael Roy appointed
    director
  20. 2013-04-15
    ➕
    WHEATSTONE, Clive Stephen 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 74 — 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 74 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 13 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Roy Bates
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/04/2016
Mr David Andrew James Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Chestnut Lodge
Common Road
Great Wakering
Essex
SS3 0AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BATES, Michael Roy→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-04-15
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Active
WILSON, David Andrew James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-01-27
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Active
WHEATSTONE, Clive Stephen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-04-15 · resigned 2014-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-27