98 SHORNCLIFFE ROAD FREEHOLD LTD

🌳Matureactive
09109910 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-01
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£30.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £30,428

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
Current Assets
£13k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£31.2k—
Current assets£13.1k—
Net assets£30.4k—
Average employees—200

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 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
    ➕
    COOLING, Dennis Frank appointed
    director
  2. 2026-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2026-03-04
    ➖
    WALLS, Alistair James resigned
    director
  6. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2023-02-22
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  9. 2022-03-31
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  10. 2021-03-25
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  11. 2020-03-27
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  12. 2020-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-03-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-26
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  16. 2018-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-01-05
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Clive Ernest resigned
    director
  18. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-07-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 98 SHORNCLIFFE ROAD FREEHOLD LTD
  20. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    MONTINI, Michelle Susan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    MONTINI, Michelle Susan appointed
    director
  22. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Clive Ernest appointed
    director
  23. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    WALLS, Alistair James appointed
    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 75 — 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 75 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Hook Close
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 3PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MONTINI, Michelle Susan→
secretary · appointed 2014-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOLING, Dennis Frank→
director · ~75y · appointed 2026-05-22
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Active
MONTINI, Michelle Susan→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Clive Ernest→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2018-01-05
Resigned
WALLS, Alistair James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2026-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-27