55 SUNDERLAND ROAD LONDON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10119762 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-12

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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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

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-07-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-06-06
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accounts · AA
2018-06-01
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officers · AP01
2018-05-31
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FESTI, Stefania appointed
director
2018-02-09
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officers · TM01
2018-01-30
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SPEDDING, Christopher Paul resigned
director
2018-01-23
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accounts · AA
2017-06-02
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address · AD01
2016-04-12
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Company incorporated
As 55 SUNDERLAND ROAD LONDON LIMITED
2016-04-12
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BENDER, Sarah Louise appointed
director
2016-04-12
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HOLDEN, Alan Geoffrey appointed
director
2016-04-12
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SPEDDING, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2016-04-12
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sarah Louise Bender Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/04/2016
Mr Alan Geoffrey Holden Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Christopher Paul Spendingceased 18/07/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated2016-04-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Greystones

Waterfall, Waterhouses

Stoke-On-Trent

ST10 3HZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-27

Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BENDER, Sarah Louise→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-04-12

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Active

FESTI, Stefania→

director · ~53y · appointed 2018-05-31

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Active

HOLDEN, Alan Geoffrey→

director · ~74y · appointed 2016-04-12

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Active

SPEDDING, Christopher Paul→

director · ~46y · appointed 2016-04-12 · resigned 2018-01-30

Resigned

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