156 HIGH STREET HUNTINGDON MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED(THE)

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01942892 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-08-29
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£10.7k
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,683
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,771 YoY
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£14k£18kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£10.7k£12.5k
Current assets£12.9k£17.7k
Cash£10.5k£17.2k
Debtors£2.4k£495
Net assets£10.7k£12.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-09-01
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    KADRI, Abdulkader appointed
    director
  8. 2021-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-08-31
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    BATES, Colin Leslie appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-05-03
    ➖
    GODDING, Stuart John resigned
    secretary
  11. 2021-05-03
    ➖
    GODDING, Stuart John resigned
    director
  12. 2021-05-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-05-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-06-28
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    FREEMAN, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  21. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2003-06-29
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    BATES, Colin Leslie appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-29
    ➕
    GODDING, Stuart John appointed
    director
  24. 1992-01-18
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Helen Susan appointed
    director
  25. 1992-01-14
    ➖
    HARPER, Mark resigned
    director
  26. 1991-06-26
    ➕
    GODDING, Stuart John appointed
    secretary
  27. 1985-08-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 156 HIGH STREET HUNTINGDON MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED(THE)

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1985-08-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

5 Corpus Christi Lane
Godmanchester
Huntingdon
PE29 2HW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

BATES, Colin Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2021-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTLETT, Helen Susan→
director · ~64y · appointed 1992-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATES, Colin Leslie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FREEMAN, Nicholas James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KADRI, Abdulkader→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GODDING, Stuart John→
secretary · appointed 1991-06-26 · resigned 2021-05-03
Resigned
GODDING, Stuart John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-06-29 · resigned 2021-05-03
Resigned
HARPER, Mark→
director · ~65y · resigned 1992-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-09-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-03