21 SEATON AVENUE RTM COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09790053 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-09-22

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£4.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,712

Net assets shrinking

Down £680 YoY

Cash YoY

-5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 4.8% YoY

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£4.7k	£5.4k
Current assets	£5.0k	£5.7k
Cash	£3.6k	£3.8k
Debtors	£1.4k	£1.9k
Net assets	£4.7k	£5.4k

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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accounts · AA
2026-05-28
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ROBSON, Colin Andrew appointed
director
2026-05-28
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officers · AP01
2026-03-19
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officers · TM01
2026-03-19
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officers · TM01
2025-10-23
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SMITH, Howard John resigned
director
2025-10-23
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SMITH, Theresa Anne Lisa resigned
director
2025-06-12
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officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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GOODRIDGE, Christopher Mark appointed
director
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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officers · TM01
2024-05-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-01
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accounts · AA
2023-08-03
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GOODRIDGE, Vicki resigned
director
2022-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
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accounts · AA
2019-06-03
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accounts · AA
2017-11-07
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accounts · AA
2015-09-22
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Company incorporated
As 21 SEATON AVENUE RTM COMPANY LIMITED
2015-09-22
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GERRARD, Donald appointed
secretary
2015-09-22
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PILLING, Timothy Edward appointed
director
2015-09-22
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WATSON, Michael John appointed
director
2015-09-22
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GOODRIDGE, Vicki appointed
director
2015-09-22
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SMITH, Howard John appointed
director
2015-09-22
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SMITH, Theresa Anne Lisa appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: SMITH, Howard John resigned 2025-10-23; SMITH, Theresa Anne Lisa resigned 2025-10-23

Group structure

Freehold Management Services Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Freehold Management Services Ltd

Corporate parent

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21 SEATON AVENUE RTM COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 09790053

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Freehold Management Services Ltd Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/03/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Freehold Management Services Ltdceased 20/03/2024· significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2015-09-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

22b Weston Park Road

Plymouth

Devon

PL3 4NU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-15

Last: 2025-09-01