56 STATION ROAD HARPENDEN RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01248778 · ltd · incorporated 1976-03-12
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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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-07
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  3. 2024-05-14
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  4. 2023-03-16
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  5. 2022-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-06
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  7. 2021-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-20
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    BELDERBOS, Anthony Andrew resigned
    director
  9. 2020-01-29
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  10. 2018-12-22
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  11. 2017-11-30
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  12. 2017-01-24
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  13. 2016-02-04
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  14. 2016-01-28
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  15. 2015-02-03
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  16. 2015-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-11-03
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    BELDERBOS, Anthony Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2006-09-11
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    MCWALTER, Tony resigned
    director
  19. 2005-12-07
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    HALLIFAX, David Jonathan appointed
    director
  20. 2005-07-26
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    BATCHELOR, Joanne Marie resigned
    director
  21. 1998-11-24
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    BRUNTON, Nicholas Paul resigned
    director
  22. 1998-09-28
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    BATCHELOR, Joanne Marie appointed
    director
  23. 1998-04-26
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    BROWN, Roger Julian resigned
    director
  24. 1998-03-20
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    MCWALTER, Tony appointed
    director
  25. 1998-01-02
    ➕
    BRUNTON, Nicholas Paul appointed
    director
  26. 1997-12-01
    ➖
    SMITH, Jonathan Paul resigned
    director
  27. 1994-08-17
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    HOPKINS, Terence Gerrard, Dr appointed
    secretary
  28. 1994-08-17
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    CREIGHTON, Peter resigned
    secretary
  29. 1976-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 56 STATION ROAD HARPENDEN RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Terence Gerrard Hopkins
Individual · British · DOB 04/1945 · age 81
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1976-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

5 Croft Court
Breadcroft Lane
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 4UB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

HOPKINS, Terence Gerrard, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1994-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLIFAX, David Jonathan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-12-07
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Active
HOPKINS, Terence Gerrard, Dr→
director · ~81y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREIGHTON, Peter→
secretary · resigned 1994-08-17
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Joanne Marie→
director · ~54y · appointed 1998-09-28 · resigned 2005-07-26
Resigned
BELDERBOS, Anthony Andrew→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-11-03 · resigned 2021-05-20
Resigned
BROWN, Roger Julian→
director · ~97y · resigned 1998-04-26
Resigned
BRUNTON, Nicholas Paul→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-01-02 · resigned 1998-11-24
Resigned
MCWALTER, Tony→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-03-20 · resigned 2006-09-11
Resigned
SMITH, Jonathan Paul→
director · ~59y · resigned 1997-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

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2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-24