18 BUXTON ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13054833 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2020-12-01
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0200

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-04-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-04-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-03-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Charter Court Financial Services Limited
  11. 2021-03-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: West One Secured Loans Limited
  12. 2020-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 18 BUXTON ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  13. 2020-12-01
    BURDEN, Alan George appointed
    director
  14. 2020-12-01
    BURDEN, Sandra Joyce appointed
    director
  15. 2020-12-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2020-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Stafford House
10 Prince Of Wales Road
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURDEN, Alan George
director · ~81y · appointed 2020-12-01
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Active
BURDEN, Sandra Joyce
director · ~78y · appointed 2020-12-01
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Precise Mortgages
Charter Court Financial Services Limited
A registered charge1 property30/03/2021
outstanding
West One Secured Loans
West One Secured Loans Limited
A registered charge1 property30/03/2021
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-12-01