53 CRANHURST ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09074004 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-06
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
31 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.

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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-02-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-02-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-02-02
    ➕
    TAYAL, Ashish appointed
    director
  11. 2021-02-02
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Beverley resigned
    director
  12. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-02-03
    ➕
    LEON, Roger Paul appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-02-03
    ➕
    LEON, Roger Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-03
    ➖
    COBSTAR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2016-02-03
    ➖
    COBSTAR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2014-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As 53 CRANHURST ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  23. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    COBSTAR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Beverley appointed
    director
  25. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    COBSTAR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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.)

Group structure

Cobstar Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Cobstar Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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53 CRANHURST ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
This company · 09074004

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cobstar Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Beverley Simpsonceased 02/02/2021· 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
Incorporated2014-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

30 Station Parade
Willesden
London
NW2 4NX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LEON, Roger Paul→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEON, Roger Paul→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYAL, Ashish→
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COBSTAR LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-06-06 · resigned 2016-02-03
Resigned
SIMPSON, Beverley→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-06-06 · resigned 2021-02-02
Resigned
COBSTAR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2014-06-06 · resigned 2016-02-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-05