74 LANCASTER ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09060433 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-28
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees2200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-09-03
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    VALE, Robert James appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-11-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2018-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-06-12
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  18. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-10-12
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    KRANZER, Katharina resigned
    director
  20. 2015-10-12
    ➖
    SALMON, Christopher Michael resigned
    director
  21. 2014-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 74 LANCASTER ROAD LIMITED
  22. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    VALE, Robert James appointed
    secretary
  23. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    VALE, Denis appointed
    director
  24. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    KRANZER, Katharina appointed
    director
  25. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    SALMON, Christopher Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

31/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — VALE, Robert James (same surname) appointed 2025-09-03. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Robert James Vale
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/10/2024
Denis Vale
Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Firth Parish 1 Airport West, Lancaster Way
Yeadon
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS19 7ZA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

VALE, Robert James→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-28
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Active
VALE, Denis→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-05-28
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Active
VALE, Robert James→
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRANZER, Katharina→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2015-10-12
Resigned
SALMON, Christopher Michael→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2015-10-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28