25 ST LAWRENCE LANE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
08937100 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-22.9k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,888
Cash draining
Cash down 81% YoY
Cash YoY
-81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£911
↓ 81% YoY
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£23k-£17k-£12k-£6k-£578£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-22.9k£-15.4k
Current assets£1.3k£5.0k
Cash£911£4.8k
Debtors£422£236
Net assets£-22.9k£-15.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-09-19
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  4. 2022-10-10
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-03-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-03-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-03-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-02-02
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    EPSTEIN-LAMB, Aviva appointed
    director
  11. 2022-02-02
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    ALDRIDGE, Natalie Faye resigned
    director
  12. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2020-12-17
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  14. 2019-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-20
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  18. 2014-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 25 ST LAWRENCE LANE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
  19. 2014-03-13
    ➕
    LAURENCE, Archibald Dirke appointed
    secretary
  20. 2014-03-13
    ➕
    BLUM, Harriet Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2014-03-13
    ➕
    RHODES, Sally Jo appointed
    director
  22. 2014-03-13
    ➕
    ALDRIDGE, Natalie Faye appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
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.

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 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Aviva Epstein-Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/02/2022
Ms Harriet Elizabeth Blum
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Sally Jo Rhodes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Natalie Faye Aldridgeceased 02/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2014-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

25 St Lawrence Lane
Ashburton
Devon
TQ13 7DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LAURENCE, Archibald Dirke→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLUM, Harriet Elizabeth→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EPSTEIN-LAMB, Aviva→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RHODES, Sally Jo→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALDRIDGE, Natalie Faye→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-03-13 · resigned 2022-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05