HYTHEWATER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02778226 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-08
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-06-05
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  4. 2022-08-15
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  5. 2021-07-20
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  6. 2020-07-03
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  7. 2019-06-26
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  8. 2018-05-30
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  9. 2017-06-16
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  10. 2016-06-10
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  11. 2015-12-21
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  12. 2015-06-04
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  13. 2014-12-22
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  14. 2014-05-16
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  15. 2014-01-06
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  16. 2001-12-31
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    GERSON, Anthony Charles Raphael appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-12-31
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    GERSON, Anthony Charles Raphael appointed
    director
  18. 2001-12-31
    ➖
    AFS KINGSCROFT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2000-05-26
    ➖
    MATHER, Charlotte Fiona Janet resigned
    director
  20. 1995-09-18
    ➕
    AFS KINGSCROFT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1995-09-18
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    LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-12-15
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    GERSON, Shirley Esther appointed
    director
  23. 1993-01-08
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    Company incorporated
    As HYTHEWATER LIMITED
  24. 1993-01-08
    ➕
    LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-01-08
    ➕
    MATHER, Charlotte Fiona Janet appointed
    director
  26. 1993-01-08
    ➕
    TURNER, Nicholas Spencer appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1993-01-08
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    TURNER, Nicholas Spencer resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Shirley Esther Gerson
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 05/1935 · age 91
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Sunridge The Close
Totteridge
London
N20 8PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GERSON, Anthony Charles Raphael→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-31
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Active
GERSON, Anthony Charles Raphael→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-12-31
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Active
GERSON, Shirley Esther→
director · ~91y · appointed 1993-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AFS KINGSCROFT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-09-18 · resigned 2001-12-31
Resigned
LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-01-08 · resigned 1995-09-18
Resigned
MATHER, Charlotte Fiona Janet→
director · ~82y · appointed 1993-01-08 · resigned 2000-05-26
Resigned
TURNER, Nicholas Spencer→
nominee-director · ~65y · appointed 1993-01-08 · resigned 1993-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
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accounts · AA
2025-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2020-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-23