WALLED GARDEN (BIDDULPH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04763998 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-05-14

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

28 officers (6 active, 28 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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RYDER, John resigned
director
2026-04-24
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officers · TM01
2025-10-22
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accounts · AA
2025-07-14
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RUTLAND, Alison Jane appointed
director
2025-07-14
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officers · AP01
2025-04-29
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PARKER, Stephen resigned
secretary
2025-04-29
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officers · TM02
2025-02-19
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accounts · AA
2023-08-15
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accounts · AA
2023-02-18
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2022-02-23
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2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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officers · AP03
2019-04-03
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FEMIA, Joseph appointed
director
2019-04-03
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PEAT, Alan appointed
director
2019-04-03
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THORNEYCROFT, Judith Anne appointed
director
2019-04-03
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PARKER, Stephen appointed
secretary
2019-04-03
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RYDER, John appointed
director
2019-04-03
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officers · AP01
2019-04-03
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2019-04-03
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2019-04-03
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2019-03-21
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2019-03-21
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2019-03-21
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2019-03-20
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PARKER, Stephen resigned
secretary
2019-03-20
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FEMIA, Joseph resigned
director
2019-03-20
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PEAT, Alan resigned
director
2019-03-20
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RYDER, John resigned
director
2019-03-20
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THORNEYCROFT, Judith Anne resigned
director
2018-02-23
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SIMCOCK, Steven John appointed
director
2018-02-23
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PARKER, Julia resigned
director
2018-02-23
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SWINDEN, Christopher Paul Wandsworth resigned
director
2018-01-16
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THORNEYCROFT, Judith Anne appointed
director
2017-05-17
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FEMIA, Joseph appointed
director
2017-05-17
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GRIFFITHS, John Ewan resigned
director
2008-10-03
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RYDER, John appointed
director
2008-06-18
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PARKER, Julia appointed
director
2007-05-29
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GOODWIN, Ronald Joseph appointed
director
2007-05-29
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PARKER, Stephen appointed
secretary
2007-05-29
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PREMIER ESTATES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-05-29
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BRASSINGTON, Rodger Ian resigned
director
2007-05-29
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CONNORS, Mark Richard resigned
director
2007-05-29
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GRIFFITHS, John Ewan appointed
director
2007-05-29
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HARE, Alistair Ian resigned
director
2007-05-29
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LEE, Anthony resigned
director
2007-05-29
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MURRAY, Stephen resigned
director
2007-05-29
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SMITH, Craig Robert resigned
director
2007-05-29
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SWINDEN, Christopher Paul Wandsworth appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: PARKER, Stephen resigned 2025-04-29; RYDER, John resigned 2026-04-24

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-05-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

6 The Walled Garden

Biddulph

Staffordshire

ST8 7TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13