24 MINFORD GARDENS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08834598 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2014-01-07
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  6. 2021-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-05-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-01-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-07
    ➕
    COBB, James appointed
    director
  12. 2020-08-07
    ➖
    STREETER, Frederick Leopold resigned
    director
  13. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-11-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2016-07-14
    ➕
    BOYES, Samantha Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2016-07-14
    ➖
    SAYER, Lacey resigned
    director
  20. 2014-01-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 24 MINFORD GARDENS LTD
  21. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    HS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    HAMALIAN, Guillaume appointed
    director
  23. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    READY, Jane Farquhar appointed
    director
  24. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    SAYER, Lacey appointed
    director
  25. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    STREETER, Frederick Leopold appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2014-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

50/60 Station Road
Cambridge
CB1 2JH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

HS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYES, Samantha Jane→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-14
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Active
COBB, James→
director · ~32y · appointed 2020-08-07
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Active
HAMALIAN, Guillaume→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-01-07
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Active
READY, Jane Farquhar→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-01-07
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Active
SAYER, Lacey→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-01-07 · resigned 2016-07-14
Resigned
STREETER, Frederick Leopold→
director · ~39y · appointed 2014-01-07 · resigned 2020-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-20