140 DITCHLING ROAD LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11219745 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-22
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-14📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-02-22🏢Company incorporatedAs 140 DITCHLING ROAD LTD
- 2018-02-22➕DILLANE, Eileen Catherine appointeddirector
- 2018-02-22➕SPILLER, Unni Stene appointeddirector
- 2018-02-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| 1-6 HOLLY MEWS (FREEHOLD) LIMITED→ 15903154 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 119 ARTERBERRY ROAD (FREEHOLD) LIMITED→ 03312315 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| 14 ROSLYN CLOSE LIMITED→ 04804772 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| 14 ST PETERS ROAD MANAGEMENT CO LTD→ 13309270 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 14 THE CRESCENT WOLDINGHAM FREEHOLD COMPANY LTD→ 08481240 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| 14 WELLER STREET RTM COMPANY LIMITED→ 06755979 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| 14 WETHERELL PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 09141753 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| 142 WHITEHORSE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 06142093 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| 145 CAMBRIDGE STREET FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 13539349 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 146 BIRCHANGER ROAD LIMITED→ 06614003 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| 14B&C NORTH STREET FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 15191389 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 15 GREYHOUND LANE RTM COMPANY LIMITED→ 12795414 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
12/14 High Street
Caterham
Surrey
CR3 5UA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DILLANE, Eileen Catherine→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SPILLER, Unni Stene→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2018-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-03-14