HONG KONG ASSOCIATION(THE)

🌳Matureactive

00703170 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1961-09-13

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

67 officers (15 active, 67 linked, 62 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

197 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (128 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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officers · CH01
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-24
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COWPER-COLES, Sherard Louis, Sir resigned
director
2025-11-24
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POWELL OF BAYSWATER, Charles, Lord resigned
director
2025-11-24
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TUCKER, Mark Edward resigned
director
2025-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
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officers · AP01
2025-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-08
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RAMOS, Maria Da Conceicao Das Neves Calha appointed
director
2025-05-08
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VIÑALS, José Maria resigned
director
2025-03-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-19
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officers · AP01
2025-02-18
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QUARREY, David appointed
director
2024-09-26
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WOOD, Sebastian Lamin, Sir appointed
director
2024-09-26
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LYONS, Gerard Patrick, Dr resigned
director
2024-09-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-31
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BARROW, Martin Gilbert resigned
director
2023-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
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CARTWRIGHT, Adrian David appointed
director
2023-04-19
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OUWEHAND, Jeroen resigned
director
2023-04-19
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SWIRE, Samuel Compton resigned
director
2022-10-25
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BURNETT, Peter William appointed
director
2022-03-15
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SWIRE, Merlin Bingham appointed
director
2020-06-16
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SEATON, Andrew James appointed
director
2020-06-16
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KESWICK, Henry Neville Lindley resigned
director
2020-06-16
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OUWEHAND, Jeroen appointed
director
2020-01-10
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ALLEN JONES, Charles Martin resigned
director
2019-10-12
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HUGHES-HALLETT, James Wyndham John resigned
director
2019-05-07
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JONES, Lindsay Sarah appointed
secretary
2019-05-07
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WRIGHT, Tom resigned
secretary
2018-07-10
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SWIRE, Merlin Bingham resigned
director
2017-10-19
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GUY, Robert Lincoln, Captain resigned
secretary
2017-10-17
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WRIGHT, Tom appointed
secretary
2017-09-20
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TUCKER, Mark Edward appointed
director
2017-09-20
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VIÑALS, José Maria appointed
director
2017-05-03
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PEACE, John, Sir resigned
director
2016-09-13
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KESWICK, Adam Phillip Charles appointed
director

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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

-14 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 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 80 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

1 med · 1 low

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: COWPER-COLES, Sherard Louis, Sir resigned 2025-11-24; POWELL OF BAYSWATER, Charles, Lord resigned 2025-11-24; TUCKER, Mark Edward resigned 2025-11-24

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1961-09-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

4th Floor, Kings Buildings

16 Smith Square

London

SW1P 3HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-14

Last: 2025-07-31