HOLETCH HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00252269 · ltd · incorporated 1930-11-26
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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year to Apr 2025
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees3400

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-19
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    GUNNER, Lauren Beth appointed
    director
  3. 2025-12-19
    ➕
    PIKE, Gemma Marie appointed
    director
  4. 2025-12-19
    ➖
    BEEVERS, John Robert resigned
    director
  5. 2025-12-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-12-02
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    SIDDONS, Susan Linda resigned
    director
  10. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  12. 2022-10-05
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  13. 2021-11-26
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  14. 2020-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  15. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-11-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2010-09-21
    ➕
    WALKER, Marilyn Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2010-09-21
    ➕
    SIDDONS, Susan Linda appointed
    director
  22. 2010-09-21
    ➖
    TURNER, Peter Michael resigned
    director
  23. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    BEEVERS, John Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-10
    ➖
    NAYLOR, Kenneth Peter resigned
    director
  25. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    GUNNER, David Bosworth appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    GUNNER, David Bosworth appointed
    director
  27. 2002-10-16
    ➖
    GUNNER, Winifred Vera resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-10-16
    ➖
    GUNNER, Winifred Vera resigned
    director
  29. 1930-11-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HOLETCH HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GUNNER, Lauren Beth (same surname) appointed 2025-12-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Davern Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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Ernest Gunner Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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HOLETCH HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 00252269

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Davern Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Ernest Gunner Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1930-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Gresham House
5-7 St Pauls Street
Leeds
LS1 2JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

GUNNER, David Bosworth→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUNNER, David Bosworth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-11-05
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Active
GUNNER, Lauren Beth→
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-12-19
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Active
PIKE, Gemma Marie→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-12-19
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Active
WALKER, Marilyn Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUNNER, Winifred Vera→
secretary · resigned 2002-10-16
Resigned
BEEVERS, John Robert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2025-12-19
Resigned
GUNNER, Winifred Vera→
director · ~104y · resigned 2002-10-16
Resigned
NAYLOR, Kenneth Peter→
director · ~82y · resigned 2006-03-10
Resigned
SIDDONS, Susan Linda→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2024-12-02
Resigned
TURNER, Peter Michael→
director · ~87y · resigned 2010-09-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22