147 NELSON ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05782971 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-18
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
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-17.8k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £17,824

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£18k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£575
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£18k-£14k-£10k-£7k-£3k£575Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£6.8k£-16.2k
Current assets£575£519
Net assets£-17.8k£-16.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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  2. 2025-01-16
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  3. 2024-01-18
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  4. 2023-01-11
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  5. 2022-01-22
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  6. 2021-01-22
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  7. 2020-01-18
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  8. 2019-01-26
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  9. 2018-01-15
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  10. 2017-01-23
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  11. 2016-04-18
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  12. 2016-01-18
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  13. 2015-05-02
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  14. 2015-01-14
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  15. 2014-04-21
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  16. 2014-01-31
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  17. 2010-03-30
    BRAITHWAITE, Matthew Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2010-03-30
    BAIDEN, Nicola resigned
    director
  19. 2006-04-24
    BAIDEN, Nicola appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-24
    THOMSON, Julia Susan resigned
    director
  21. 2006-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As 147 NELSON ROAD LIMITED
  22. 2006-04-18
    THOMSON, Julia Susan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-04-18
    THOMSON, Graham Allan Lockhart appointed
    director
  24. 2006-04-18
    THOMSON, Julia Susan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Allan Lockhart Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
sig. influencesignificant influence18/04/2016
Mrs Julia Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
sig. influencesignificant influence18/04/2016
Mr Matthew Robert Braithwaite
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
sig. influencesignificant influence18/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

3 Worcester Road
Colchester
CO1 2RH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-02
Last: 2025-04-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMSON, Julia Susan
secretary · appointed 2006-04-18
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Active
BRAITHWAITE, Matthew Robert
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-30
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Active
THOMSON, Graham Allan Lockhart
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-04-18
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Active
BAIDEN, Nicola
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-04-24 · resigned 2010-03-30
Resigned
THOMSON, Julia Susan
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2006-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2025-04-27
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2025-01-16
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2024-04-28
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2024-01-18
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2023-04-20
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2023-01-11
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2022-04-18
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2022-01-22
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2021-04-19
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2021-01-22
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2020-04-30
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2020-01-18
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2019-04-19
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2019-01-26