HILLMAN FAMILY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02847681 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-25

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

24 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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 (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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2023-03-02
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2022-01-19
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2020-03-09
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2019-03-15
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1993-08-25
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Company incorporated
As HILLMAN FAMILY COMPANY LIMITED
1993-08-25
➕
HILLMAN, Jean Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1993-08-25
➕
HILLMAN, Aaron Nicholas appointed
director
1993-08-25
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HILLMAN, Tania appointed
director
1993-08-25
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HILLMAN, Terence Michael appointed
director
1993-08-25
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-08-25
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-08-25
➕
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1993-08-25
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HILLMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Terence Michael Hillman Individual · British · DOB 06/1933 · age 93	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1993-08-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

20-21 Cato Street

London

W1H 5JQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-08

Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HILLMAN, Jean Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1993-08-25

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Active

HILLMAN, Aaron Nicholas→

director · ~62y · appointed 1993-08-25

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Active

HILLMAN, Tania→

director · ~64y · appointed 1993-08-25

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Active

HILLMAN, Terence Michael→

director · ~93y · appointed 1993-08-25

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-08-25 · resigned 1993-08-25

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-08-25 · resigned 1993-08-25

Resigned

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