236 HORN LANE LTD

🌳Matureactive

02738115 · ltd · incorporated 1992-08-06

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£4

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 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 (76/100)

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

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

95 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 £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4

~ YoY

Current Assets

£4

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£4	£4
Current assets	£4	£4
Net assets	£4	£4

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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officers · AP03
2024-08-20
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officers · AP01
2024-08-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-20
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officers · TM01
2024-08-01
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GUNAWARDHANA, Thusitha appointed
secretary
2024-03-22
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ELKABLASHI, Abdulhak Mohamed appointed
director
2024-03-22
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GUILDHARRY, Jodie Yolande resigned
director
2023-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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MURRAY, Helen resigned
secretary
2023-09-20
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officers · TM02
2023-09-20
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address · AD01
2023-09-20
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officers · CH01
2023-03-06
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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accounts · AA
2020-03-09
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accounts · AA
2019-02-12
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accounts · AA
2017-11-16
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accounts · AA
2015-05-22
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CAU, Karen resigned
director
2015-05-22
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GUILDHARRY, Jodie Yolande appointed
director
2010-08-01
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MURRAY, Helen appointed
secretary
2010-08-01
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CAU, Karen appointed
director
2010-07-28
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RAYNER, Julie resigned
secretary
2010-07-28
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RAYNER, Julie resigned
director
2006-07-21
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GUNAWARDHANA, Thusitha appointed
director
2006-07-21
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JABBARI, Raied resigned
director
1995-02-17
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BULL, Linda Joan appointed
director
1995-02-17
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RAYNER, Julie appointed
secretary
1995-02-17
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WYATT, Karl Arthur resigned
secretary
1995-02-17
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WYATT, Karl Arthur resigned
director
1992-08-06
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Company incorporated
As 236 HORN LANE LTD
1992-08-06
➕
MURRAY, Helen Therese appointed
director
1992-08-06
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WYATT, Karl Arthur appointed
secretary
1992-08-06
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NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-08-06
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NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-08-06
➕
JABBARI, Raied appointed
director
1992-08-06
➕
RAYNER, Julie appointed
director
1992-08-06
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WYATT, Karl Arthur appointed
director
1992-08-06
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NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
1992-08-06
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NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-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

-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 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 34 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Linda Joan Bull Individual · British · DOB 08/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest	06/08/2016
Mr Thusitha Gunawardhana Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence	06/08/2016
Miss Helen Therese Murray Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence	06/08/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Jodie Yolande Guildharryceased 22/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 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

Incorporated1992-08-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 4 236 Horn Lane

Flat 4

London

W3 6TQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01