87 CAELUM DRIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10009996 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-17
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.
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
27 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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  2. 2024-04-19
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  3. 2023-06-24
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  4. 2022-04-01
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  10. 2021-04-27
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  11. 2021-03-30
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  12. 2021-03-13
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  13. 2020-03-26
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  14. 2019-04-03
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  15. 2018-03-05
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  16. 2017-03-11
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  17. 2016-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 87 CAELUM DRIVE LIMITED
  18. 2016-02-17
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    MCELHINNEY, Auriol appointed
    director
  19. 2016-02-17
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    MCELHINNEY, James Brian appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-17
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    MORTON, Ralph appointed
    director
  21. 2016-02-17
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    MORTON, Sally Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
James Brian Mcelhinney
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

1 Moyes Place
Belstead
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP8 3FE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MCELHINNEY, Auriol→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-02-17
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Active
MCELHINNEY, James Brian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-02-17
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Active
MORTON, Ralph→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-02-17
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Active
MORTON, Sally Anne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-02-17
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

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2026-02-16
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accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
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accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-20
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officers · CH01
2022-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27