18 CARDIGAN ROAD MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive

09928585 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-23

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-1.7k	£194

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-14
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-11-08
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JOHN, Adrian appointed
director
2019-11-08
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BAMANN, Ronia resigned
director
2019-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-09-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-09-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-01
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BOYD, Susan resigned
director
2019-07-12
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VIAN, Thomas Denis appointed
director
2019-07-12
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BRIGHT-PAUL, Richard Anthony resigned
director
2016-11-16
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BOYD, Susan appointed
director
2016-11-16
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BRIGHT-PAUL, Richard Anthony appointed
director
2015-12-23
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Company incorporated
As 18 CARDIGAN ROAD MANAGEMENT LTD
2015-12-23
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ALLEN, Carl David appointed
director
2015-12-23
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GOOLD, Jessica Rose appointed
director
2015-12-23
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LIM, Yit Feng appointed
director
2015-12-23
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PATERSON, Andrew Alexander appointed
director
2015-12-23
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BAMANN, Ronia 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Carl David Allen Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-12-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

18 Cardigan Road

Richmond

Surrey

TW10 6BJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-28

Last: 2025-10-14