11, ADELAIDE CRESCENT, HOVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01540887 · ltd · incorporated 1981-01-23

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.0k

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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: medium (69/100)

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

23 officers (6 active, 23 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

149 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 £2,020

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-25	2024-03-25
Total assets	£2.0k	£2.0k
Current assets	£5.4k	£3.9k
Net assets	£2.0k	£2.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
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accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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CONNELLY, Rory Anthony appointed
secretary
2022-10-26
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RITSON, Margaret Hazel appointed
director
2022-10-26
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HOWARD, Anthony James resigned
secretary
2022-10-26
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TAPPIN, Rosie resigned
director
2022-10-26
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accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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officers · TM01
2022-10-26
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officers · AP01
2022-10-26
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officers · CH01
2022-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-26
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officers · CH01
2022-10-26
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officers · AP03
2022-10-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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officers · TM01
2021-06-24
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HOWARD, Anthony James resigned
director
2020-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
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officers · AP01
2019-11-06
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HARRABIN, Philip John appointed
director
2019-09-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-18
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officers · TM01
2019-09-06
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HARRABIN, Philip John resigned
director
2019-09-06
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HAXBY, Karensa resigned
director
2019-09-06
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TAPPIN, Rosie appointed
director
2017-01-03
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HARRABIN, Philip John appointed
director
2016-12-19
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JONES, Philip Roy resigned
director
2014-03-27
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HAXBY, Karensa appointed
director
2014-03-06
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JEWELL, Stephanie Jane resigned
director
2013-07-18
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JEWELL, Stephanie Jane appointed
director
2013-05-01
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COLE, Simon Andrew resigned
director
2012-05-18
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COLE, Simon Andrew appointed
director
2011-01-24
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HARTNELL, Jessica Marie resigned
director
2009-09-22
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MCGAUGHRIN, Peter appointed
director
2009-01-25
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JONES, Philip Roy appointed
director
2008-07-11
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WOOD, Benjamin George Marriott resigned
director
2006-10-19
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WEBB, Frederick John resigned
director
2005-01-20
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HARTNELL, Jessica Marie appointed
director
2004-03-03
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CONNELLY, Rory Anthony appointed
director
2004-03-02
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NEWELL, Garet resigned
director
2001-10-07
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WOOD, Benjamin George Marriott appointed
director
2001-08-29
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FRYER, Paul resigned
director
1997-07-14
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NEWELL, Garet appointed
director
1997-07-14
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SHEPHEARD, Nicholas Steven resigned
director
1997-05-02
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FLUDE, Adam James resigned
director
1997-05-02
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WEBB, Frederick John appointed
director
1997-04-14
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BELL, Mackenzie resigned
director
1997-04-14
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FRYER, Paul appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1981-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

11 Adelaide Crescent

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 2JE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-25

Last made up to: 2025-03-25

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14