HOLLINGS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01483022 · ltd · incorporated 1980-03-05
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01500SIC 01500
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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, 3 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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
101 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-07-31
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, David William Henry appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-31
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
    director
  13. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-09-22
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    HOLLINGS, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  16. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 1999-08-12
    ➖
    HOLLINGS, Thomas Paul resigned
    director
  20. 1998-05-09
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, David Ernest appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-05-09
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 1998-04-26
    ➖
    HOLLINGS, Thomas Henry resigned
    secretary
  23. 1998-04-26
    ➖
    HOLLINGS, Thomas Henry resigned
    director
  24. 1992-08-31
    ➖
    GARNHAM, John David resigned
    secretary
  25. 1992-08-31
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, Thomas Henry appointed
    secretary
  26. 1980-07-03
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, David Ernest appointed
    director
  27. 1980-07-03
    ➕
    HOLLINGS, Thomas Paul appointed
    director
  28. 1980-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HOLLINGS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HOLLINGS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 46 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 46 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Ernest Hollings
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • David Ernest Hollingsceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% 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
Incorporated1980-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

168 Church Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 2DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

HOLLINGS, David Ernest→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-09
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Active
HOLLINGS, David William Henry→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-07-31
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Active
HOLLINGS, David Ernest→
director · ~78y · appointed 1980-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLLINGS, Kathryn Elizabeth→
director · ~31y · appointed 2020-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARNHAM, John David→
secretary · resigned 1992-08-31
Resigned
HOLLINGS, Thomas Henry→
secretary · appointed 1992-08-31 · resigned 1998-04-26
Resigned
HOLLINGS, Elizabeth→
director · ~102y · appointed 1998-05-09 · resigned 2019-09-22
Resigned
HOLLINGS, Thomas Paul→
director · ~77y · appointed 1980-07-03 · resigned 1999-08-12
Resigned
HOLLINGS, Thomas Henry→
director · ~103y · resigned 1998-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-25