ADDISON DEVELOPMENTS FOUR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10197293 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-24
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
25 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
29 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2025-03-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-19
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    MORRISON, Simon George Strangways appointed
    director
  5. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-24
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  9. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-11-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2019-11-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-11-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-11-01
    ➕
    SCRACE, Marcus Kingswood appointed
    secretary
  16. 2019-11-01
    ➕
    SCRACE, Marcus Kingswood appointed
    director
  17. 2019-10-31
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    SANDERSON, Robert Ian resigned
    secretary
  18. 2019-10-31
    ➖
    SANDERSON, Robert Ian resigned
    director
  19. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-05-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ADDISON DEVELOPMENTS FOUR LIMITED
  23. 2016-05-24
    ➕
    TOWNSHEND, Charlotte Anne, The Honourable appointed
    director
  24. 2016-05-24
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    TOWNSHEND, James Reginald appointed
    director
  25. 2016-05-24
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Robert Ian appointed
    secretary
  26. 2016-05-24
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Robert Ian 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 72 — 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 72 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.)

Group structure

Addison Developments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Addison Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADDISON DEVELOPMENTS FOUR LIMITED
This company · 10197293

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Addison Developments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

The Estate Office
Melbury Sampford
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 0LF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

SCRACE, Marcus Kingswood→
secretary · appointed 2019-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Simon George Strangways→
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCRACE, Marcus Kingswood→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOWNSHEND, Charlotte Anne, The Honourable→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOWNSHEND, James Reginald→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERSON, Robert Ian→
secretary · appointed 2016-05-24 · resigned 2019-10-31
Resigned
SANDERSON, Robert Ian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-05-24 · resigned 2019-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-27