21 THE DRIVE ILFORD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09526611 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-07
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 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 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-01
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Ghazala appointed
    director
  4. 2026-04-01
    ➖
    HUSSAIN, Ghazala resigned
    director
  5. 2026-01-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-01-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-04-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-04-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-04-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 21 THE DRIVE ILFORD LIMITED
  20. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Waqar appointed
    director
  21. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    SHARMA, Saroj appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-07
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Ghazala 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Incorporated2015-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

21 The Drive Ilford Ltd
7 Coolgardie Avenue
Chigwell
Essex
IG7 5AU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Ghazala→
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
HUSSAIN, Waqar→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-04-07
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Active
SHARMA, Saroj→
director · ~84y · appointed 2015-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSAIN, Ghazala→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-04-07 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-01