18 FRENCHGATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13802234 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2021-12-15
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£282
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 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.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £282

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£282
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£282
Current assets£2.5k
Cash£1.7k
Debtors£802
Net assets£282

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-06-13
    PINK, Roger Christopher appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2024-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 18 FRENCHGATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD
  8. 2021-12-15
    FRASER, John Hugh appointed
    director
  9. 2021-12-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 82 — succession pressure is live.

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 82 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
Incorporated2021-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 1 Frenchgate House
18 Frenchchgate
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 7AG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FRASER, John Hugh
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-12-15
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Active
PINK, Roger Christopher
director · ~82y · appointed 2024-06-13
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-25
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-15