48 WEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07090930 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-30

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,014,512

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£263k

Net Worth

£1.0m

Current Assets

£297k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.02M	—
Current assets	£297.0k	—
Cash	£263.1k	—
Debtors	£859	—
Net assets	£1.01M	—
Average employees	—	2300

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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officers · AP01
2026-01-05
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BELL, David Robert appointed
director
2025-12-03
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BUTTON, Leslie Charles resigned
director
2025-12-03
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officers · TM01
2025-11-25
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accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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officers · AP01
2025-03-06
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BUTTON, Leslie Charles appointed
director
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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officers · AP01
2024-11-07
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NEWSON, Graham Richard appointed
director
2023-12-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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BUTTON, Leslie Charles resigned
director
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-12-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-12-19
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officers · AP01
2018-12-17
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HASKINS, Marc Robert appointed
director
2018-12-17
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PATCHETT, James Edmund appointed
director
2018-12-17
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WILLIAMS, Ian appointed
director
2018-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-15
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RAMSBOTTOM, Peter Arthur resigned
director
2018-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-08
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BIDDLE, Terence Glenn resigned
director
2018-09-18
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MINNS, Colin James resigned
director
2017-11-01
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HIGGS, David Charles appointed
director
2017-11-01
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BELL, David Robert resigned
director
2017-06-08
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MINNS, Colin James appointed
director
2017-06-08
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POGE, Clive Stafford resigned
director
2013-05-08
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POGE, Clive Stafford appointed
director
2013-05-06
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WILKINS, Chris Robert resigned
director
2011-09-19
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BARKER, Jennifer resigned
director
2011-09-19
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BIDDLE, Terence Glenn appointed
director
2011-09-19
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BUTTON, Leslie Charles appointed
director
2011-09-19
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WILKINS, Chris Robert appointed
director
2010-11-30
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BARKER, Jennifer appointed
director
2010-11-30
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BELL, David Robert appointed
director
2010-11-30
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RAMSBOTTOM, Peter Arthur appointed
director
2010-08-31
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SALTER, Alan James resigned
director
2010-08-31
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THUMWOOD, Glen Francis resigned
director
2009-11-30
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Company incorporated
As 48 WEST LIMITED
2009-11-30
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MOLYNEUX-ROBERTS, Rodger appointed
director
2009-11-30
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SALTER, Alan James appointed
director
2009-11-30
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THUMWOOD, Glen Francis appointed
director

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-11-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

48 West Street

Carshalton

Surrey

SM5 2PR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30