17 EASTOKE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09796757 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-27
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,029
Net assets shrinking
Down £50 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£216£432£647£863£1kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£1.0k£1.1k
Current assets£1.0k£1.1k
Net assets£1.0k£1.1k

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. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-07
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    JOHNSTON, Anthony Fairman resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-09-01
    ➕
    METHERELL, David Kenneth appointed
    director
  11. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  15. 2018-04-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  16. 2018-03-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-11-20
    ➖
    STREET, Patrick James resigned
    director
  18. 2017-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-01-13
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Gillian Linda appointed
    secretary
  20. 2016-01-13
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Anthony Fairman appointed
    director
  21. 2016-01-13
    ➖
    SMITH, Raymond Ernest resigned
    director
  22. 2015-09-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 17 EASTOKE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 2015-09-27
    ➕
    MASSEY, Michael John appointed
    director
  24. 2015-09-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Raymond Ernest appointed
    director
  25. 2015-09-27
    ➕
    STREET, Patrick 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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

17a Eastoke Avenue
Hayling Island
Hampshire
PO11 9QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Gillian Linda→
secretary · appointed 2016-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASSEY, Michael John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
METHERELL, David Kenneth→
director · ~82y · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTON, Anthony Fairman→
director · ~84y · appointed 2016-01-13 · resigned 2025-08-07
Resigned
SMITH, Raymond Ernest→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-09-27 · resigned 2016-01-13
Resigned
STREET, Patrick James→
director · ~97y · appointed 2015-09-27 · resigned 2017-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-12