BENTWORTH HALL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02690981 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-26

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

£5

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 37000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

81100SIC 81100

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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, 2 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

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 £5

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£5	£5
Net assets	£5	£5

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

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-05-17
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LOVETT, Jenny appointed
director
2026-05-17
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LOVETT, Chris resigned
director
2026-05-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-08
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-29
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HILL, Alastair Richard appointed
secretary
2022-11-29
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STRACHAN, Ian William resigned
secretary
2022-11-29
➖
STRACHAN, Ian William resigned
director
2022-11-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-29
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address · AD01
2022-11-29
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-29
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-11-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-29
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
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LOVETT, Chris appointed
director
2022-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-25
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HILL, Alastair Richard appointed
director
2020-10-25
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HILL, Sigrun resigned
director
2020-09-23
➕
BAKER, Jonathan appointed
director
2020-09-23
➖
BAKER, June Virginia resigned
director
2020-05-21
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BAKER, June Virginia appointed
director
2020-05-20
➖
BAKER, Alan resigned
director
2011-08-01
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BAKER, Alan appointed
director
2011-08-01
➖
BAKER, June Virginia resigned
director
2007-12-31
➕
HILL, Sigrun appointed
director
2007-12-31
➖
LEEFE, Denise Gwendolyn resigned
director
2006-01-15
➕
FELLINGHAM, Judith appointed
director
2006-01-15
➕
LEEFE, Denise Gwendolyn appointed
director
2006-01-14
➖
HILL, Simon Charles Foxcroft resigned
director
2006-01-14
➖
LEEFE, Roderic Reginald resigned
director
1994-04-24
➕
SKILLETT, Sandra Yvonne appointed
director
1994-04-20
➕
BAKER, June Virginia appointed
director
1992-08-05
➖
GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
1992-08-05
➕
STRACHAN, Ian William appointed
secretary
1992-08-05
➖
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
nominee-director
1992-08-05
➕
HILL, Simon Charles Foxcroft appointed
director
1992-08-05
➕
LEEFE, Roderic Reginald appointed
director
1992-08-05
➕
STRACHAN, Ian William appointed
director
1992-02-26
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Company incorporated
As BENTWORTH HALL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
1992-02-26
➕
GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
1992-02-26
➕
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alastair Richard Hill Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/11/2022
Mrs Judith Fellingham Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/08/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Sandra Yvonne Skillettceased 31/12/2023· significant influence
Mr Ian William Strachanceased 29/11/2022· significant influence

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

Incorporated1992-02-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

East Wing, Bentworth Hall

Bentworth

Alton

Hampshire

GU34 5LA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12