45/45A HIGH STREET SOUTHWOLD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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06508445 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-19

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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	2025-02-28	2024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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Company incorporated
As 45/45A HIGH STREET SOUTHWOLD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2008-02-19
➕
MEDHURST, Jane Auriol appointed
secretary
2008-02-19
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MEDHURST, Stephen Christopher Nigel appointed
director
2008-02-19
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VERTIGEN, Jeffrey Maxwell appointed
director
2008-02-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-19
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-02-19
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Christopher Nigel Medhurst Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/11/2016

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

Incorporated2008-02-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Coachmans

Chiddingstone

Edenbridge

Kent

TN8 7AH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MEDHURST, Jane Auriol→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-19

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Active

MEDHURST, Stephen Christopher Nigel→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-02-19

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Active

VERTIGEN, Jeffrey Maxwell→

director · ~81y · appointed 2008-02-19

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-19 · resigned 2008-02-19

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-19 · resigned 2008-02-19

Resigned

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