35 SPENCER SQUARE LTD

🌳Matureactive
10229243 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-13
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£7.8k
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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £7,756
Net assets shrinking
Down £192 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£287
↑ 99% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£8.4k£8.3k
Current assets£287£144
Net assets£7.8k£7.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 35 SPENCER SQUARE LTD
  13. 2016-06-13
    ➕
    DAWSON, Barry appointed
    director
  14. 2016-06-13
    ➕
    MURPHY, Dominic appointed
    director
  15. 2016-06-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 81 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/02/2023
Mr Dominic Daniel Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 11/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/06/2017

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
Incorporated2016-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

35 Spencer Square
Ramsgate
CT11 9LD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAWSON, Barry→
director · ~79y · appointed 2016-06-13
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Active
MURPHY, Dominic→
director · ~81y · appointed 2016-06-13
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08