GREAT HOLT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01748632 · ltd · incorporated 1983-08-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 33.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£29.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 37000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

98000Residents property management

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 33.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

35 officers (8 active, 35 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

164 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £29,672

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£30k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£49k

↑ 6.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£68.2k	£65.2k
Current assets	£48.6k	£45.7k
Net assets	£29.7k	£29.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2025-08-13
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2025-03-21
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officers · AP01
2025-03-21
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officers · TM01
2025-03-21
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address · AD01
2025-03-07
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MCGUINNESS, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2025-03-07
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HARRIS, Martine Patricia resigned
director
2025-03-05
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HARRIS, Alastair Patrick Humphrey resigned
secretary
2025-03-05
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officers · TM02
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
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officers · AP03
2020-09-09
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-09-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-06
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LEDIARD, Timothy Charles Aubin appointed
director
2020-09-06
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HARRIS, Alastair Patrick Humphrey appointed
secretary
2020-09-06
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MARQUARD, Brian Andrew resigned
secretary
2020-09-06
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LEDIARD, Claire Frances resigned
director
2020-09-06
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officers · AP01
2020-09-06
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2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2018-08-18
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accounts · AA
2018-03-15
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HAWKINS, Anthony James resigned
secretary
2018-03-15
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MARQUARD, Brian Andrew appointed
secretary
2016-07-23
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HAWKINS, Anthony James appointed
secretary
2016-07-23
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TUTT, Anne Heather resigned
secretary
2012-11-16
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HAWKINS, Anthony James appointed
director
2012-07-27
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JEFFREY, Diana Lisa resigned
director
2012-01-25
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HARRIS, Martine Patricia appointed
director
2011-07-01
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OLIVER, Lucy Jane resigned
director
2010-02-22
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MARQUARD, Brian Andrew appointed
director
2010-02-22
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MARQUARD, Helen Katharine, Dr resigned
director
2009-10-09
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JEFFREY, Diana Lisa appointed
director
2009-10-09
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JEFFREY, John Christopher resigned
director
2009-10-09
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OLIVER, Lucy Jane appointed
director
2009-10-09
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OLIVER, Luke Richard Sheridan resigned
director
2008-04-11
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BINFIELD, Lisa Susanna resigned
director
2008-04-11
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OLIVER, Luke Richard Sheridan appointed
director
2008-01-28
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PARKER, Russell Edward, Revd Dr resigned
director
2008-01-25
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LEDIARD, Claire Frances appointed
director
2007-10-21
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MARQUARD, Helen Katharine, Dr appointed
director
2007-10-21
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SANDERS, Carol, Dr resigned
director
2006-12-01
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TUTT, Anne Heather appointed
director
2006-12-01
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JEFFREY, John Christopher resigned
secretary
2006-12-01
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TUTT, Anne Heather appointed
secretary
2006-08-04
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BARR, Robert Macleod resigned
director
2004-12-31
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BENNY, Rosalyn Joy resigned
director
2004-12-31
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PARKER, Russell Edward, Revd Dr appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 72 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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1983-08-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Courtyard House Old Lane

Dockenfield

Farnham

GU10 4HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02