36 CARLISLE ROAD HOVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01358372 · ltd · incorporated 1978-03-17

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£2.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,678

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-25	2024-12-25
Total assets	£3.8k	£3.1k
Current assets	£2.4k	£1.6k
Net assets	£2.7k	£2.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2025-08-12
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2023-07-21
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2022-08-22
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2021-09-03
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2020-09-14
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2019-08-30
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2018-09-22
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2018-05-31
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officers · TM01
2018-05-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-09-06
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accounts · AA
2017-04-04
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SLATER, Raymond resigned
director
2017-03-24
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officers · AP01
2016-12-16
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RICE, Elaine Christine appointed
director
2016-12-16
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BACON, John Patrick resigned
director
2016-11-08
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SLATER, Jean Lilian resigned
director
2016-09-08
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SLATER, Raymond appointed
director
2015-04-07
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BACON, John Patrick appointed
director
2015-04-07
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PERTH SECURITIES LTD appointed
corporate-director
2015-04-07
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PERTH SECURITIES LTD resigned
corporate-director
2014-04-14
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BACON, Anne resigned
director
1999-06-02
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FRANKLIN, Simon, Professor resigned
director
1999-06-02
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PACKHAM, Steven resigned
director
1999-06-02
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SLATER, Jean Lilian appointed
director
1999-03-10
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BACON, Anne appointed
director
1993-11-18
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IVEREIGH, Michael Averhill resigned
director
1993-11-18
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PACKHAM, Steven appointed
director
1993-05-01
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SLATER, Janet Sandra appointed
secretary
1993-05-01
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IVEREIGH, Michael Averhill resigned
secretary
1992-10-24
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SLATER, Janet Sandra appointed
director
1978-03-17
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Company incorporated
As 36 CARLISLE ROAD HOVE LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Elaine Christine Rice Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/12/2016
Miss Janet Sandra Slater Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Raymond Slaterceased 04/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr John Patrick Baconceased 16/12/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1978-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

7 Croxton Lane

Lindfield

West Sussex

RH16 2SB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-25

Last made up to: 2025-12-25

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

SLATER, Janet Sandra→

secretary · appointed 1993-05-01

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Active

RICE, Elaine Christine→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-12-16

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Active

SLATER, Janet Sandra→

director · ~62y · appointed 1992-10-24

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Active

IVEREIGH, Michael Averhill→

secretary · resigned 1993-05-01

Resigned

BACON, Anne→

director · ~88y · appointed 1999-03-10 · resigned 2014-04-14

Resigned

BACON, John Patrick→

director · ~65y · appointed 2015-04-07 · resigned 2016-12-16

Resigned

FRANKLIN, Simon, Professor→

director · ~73y · resigned 1999-06-02

Resigned

IVEREIGH, Michael Averhill→

director · ~96y · resigned 1993-11-18

Resigned

PACKHAM, Steven→

director · ~60y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1999-06-02

Resigned

SLATER, Jean Lilian→

director · ~90y · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 2016-11-08

Resigned

SLATER, Raymond→

director · ~96y · appointed 2016-09-08 · resigned 2017-04-04

Resigned

PERTH SECURITIES LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2015-04-07 · resigned 2015-04-07

Resigned

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