253 LONGFORD ROAD LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15311293 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-27
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
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-31
Average employees0

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
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-12-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2023-12-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 253 LONGFORD ROAD LTD
  9. 2023-11-27
    HILL, David Benjamin appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Warm Beautiful Homes Operations Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Warm Beautiful Homes Operations Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
253 LONGFORD ROAD LTD
This company · 15311293

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
Warm Beautiful Homes Operations Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest01/12/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Wbh Holdings Ltdceased 01/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest

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
Incorporated2023-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

34 Green Lane
Birchills
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8JH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HILL, David Benjamin
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-11-27
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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-27