A.H.HILLER & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00466199 · ltd · incorporated 1949-03-25

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 42.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£854.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 42.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £854,473

Cash YoY

+32%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£547k

↑ 32% YoY

Net Worth

£854k

↑ 7.0% YoY

Current Assets

£879k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£943.1k	£882.3k
Current assets	£878.9k	£752.1k
Cash	£547.5k	£415.0k
Debtors	£20.3k	£13.8k
Net assets	£854.5k	£798.5k

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

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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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-27
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-02-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-12
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capital · SH08
2021-02-12
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capital · SH10
2021-02-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-14
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mortgage · MR04
2020-12-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-12-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-12-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-11
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HILLER, June Clarkson resigned
director
2008-10-08
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BEACH, George Richard resigned
director
2008-09-13
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Charge satisfied #3
2008-07-09
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HAINES, Sally June appointed
director
2008-07-09
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TAYLOR, Emma Vivian appointed
director
2002-05-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Capital Bank PLC
1998-04-22
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HILLER, Robert resigned
director
1988-08-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1984-01-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1949-03-25
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Company incorporated
As A.H.HILLER & SON 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 77 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard John Beach Individual · British · DOB 01/1940 · age 86	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/03/2026
Mrs Rachel Helen Beach Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Richard John Beachceased 27/03/2026· 25-50% shares
Mrs June Clarkson Hillerceased 27/01/2021· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1949-03-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Dunnington Heath Farm,

Alcester,

Warwickshire

B49 5PD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-17

Last: 2026-04-03