35 STANFIELD ROAD COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
09667875 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-02
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-07-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-06-04
    ➕
    CHU, Caren, Doctor appointed
    director
  6. 2025-06-02
    ➖
    BAILEY, Victoria Ann resigned
    director
  7. 2025-06-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2015-09-25
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    DRAKE, Maureen appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-25
    ➕
    BAILEY, Victoria Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2015-09-25
    ➖
    HODGE, Mark Philip resigned
    director
  21. 2015-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 35 STANFIELD ROAD COMPANY LTD
  22. 2015-07-02
    ➕
    HODGE, Mark Philip 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 82 — 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 82 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
Doctor Caren Chu
Individual · British · DOB 01/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/06/2025
Mrs Maureen Drake
Individual · British · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Victoria Ann Baileyceased 02/06/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

35 Stanfield Road
Bournemouth
BH9 2NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CHU, Caren, Doctor→
director · ~34y · appointed 2025-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRAKE, Maureen→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Victoria Ann→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-09-25 · resigned 2025-06-02
Resigned
HODGE, Mark Philip→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-02 · resigned 2015-09-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-27