CONTRACT HOVER LIMITED

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01012352 · ltd · incorporated 1971-05-26
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£740.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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, 2 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £740,067
Net assets shrinking
Down £34,344 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£136k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£740k
↓ 4.4% YoY
Current Assets
£938k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£209k£418k£628k£837k£1.0mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£747.0k£783.0k
Current assets£938.2k£1.05M
Cash£135.5k£135.4k
Debtors£511.8k£563.0k
Net assets£740.1k£774.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2025-01-03
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  3. 2024-12-18
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  4. 2024-01-02
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  5. 2023-02-16
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  6. 2022-01-06
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  7. 2021-01-11
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  8. 2020-01-03
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  9. 2019-01-03
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  10. 2018-01-04
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  11. 2016-12-09
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  12. 2016-01-06
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  13. 2015-12-22
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  14. 2015-01-09
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  15. 2015-01-07
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  16. 2009-04-20
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    HOTHAM, Alexandra Mary, Lady appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-20
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    HOTHAM, William Beaumont, The Honourable appointed
    director
  18. 1994-04-06
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    FAIRBANK, Simon Nevill appointed
    secretary
  19. 1994-04-06
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    WILSON, Anthony resigned
    secretary
  20. 1994-04-06
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    WILSON, Anthony resigned
    director
  21. 1971-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTRACT HOVER LIMITED

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lord Henry Durand Baron Hotham
Individual · British · DOB 05/1940 · age 86
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
The Honourable William Beaumont Hotham
Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1971-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

The Estate Office West End
South Dalton
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 7PN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FAIRBANK, Simon Nevill→
secretary · appointed 1994-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOTHAM, Alexandra Mary, Lady→
director · ~85y · appointed 2009-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOTHAM, Henry Durand Baron, Lord→
director · ~86y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOTHAM, William Beaumont, The Honourable→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Anthony→
secretary · resigned 1994-04-06
Resigned
WILSON, Anthony→
director · ~86y · resigned 1994-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

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2025-12-23
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2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-01-03
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2024-12-20
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officers · CH01
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-01-02
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2023-12-06
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2023-02-16
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2022-12-15
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2022-01-06
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2021-12-20
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2021-01-11
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2020-12-18
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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2019-12-06