74 SPRING LANE LTD

🌳Matureactive

08815382 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-16

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

~ YoY

Current Assets

£2

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2	£2
Current 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.

🔒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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-08-23
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address · AD01
2018-08-21
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address · AD01
2017-09-11
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accounts · AA
2017-03-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-01-01
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PEGG ROBERTSON (TRUSTEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-08-10
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DOWNIE, Pauline Elaine appointed
director
2015-08-01
➖
ROSS, Amy resigned
director
2013-12-16
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Company incorporated
As 74 SPRING LANE LTD
2013-12-16
➕
ZUBERI, Adam Niaz appointed
director
2013-12-16
➕
PEGG ROBERTSON (TRUSTEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2013-12-16
➕
KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2013-12-16
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director
2013-12-16
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ROSS, Amy appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Pauline Elaine Downie Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	08/12/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Pauline Elaine Downieceased 08/12/2025· significant influence

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

Incorporated2013-12-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Flat 1 74 Spring Lane

London

SE25 4SP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DOWNIE, Pauline Elaine→

director · ~60y · appointed 2015-08-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ZUBERI, Adam Niaz→

director · ~54y · appointed 2013-12-16

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Active

PEGG ROBERTSON (TRUSTEES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2016-01-01

Resigned

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2013-12-16

Resigned

ROSS, Amy→

director · ~41y · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2015-08-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-22

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-12-22

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-12-22

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-22