HOPBINE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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02978407 · ltd · incorporated 1994-10-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2023
Net worth
£6.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
17 officers (2 active, 17 linked, 8 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
104 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
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,552

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
£7k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-12-31
Total assets£6.6k
Current assets£7.6k
Cash£1.2k
Debtors£6.4k
Net assets£6.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-25
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  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2022-05-30
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  6. 2021-06-23
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  7. 2020-06-23
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  8. 2019-06-26
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  9. 2018-06-20
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  10. 2017-06-29
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  11. 2016-10-19
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  12. 2016-10-13
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  13. 2016-10-13
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  14. 2016-10-13
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-10-08
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    ATKINSON, Thom appointed
    secretary
  16. 2016-10-08
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    WARING, Rupert appointed
    director
  17. 2016-10-08
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    WAGLAND, Susan Jane resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-10-08
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    MATHER, Andrew Harvey resigned
    director
  19. 2016-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  20. 2015-10-20
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    MATHER, Andrew Harvey appointed
    director
  21. 2015-10-20
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    WARREN, Derek Francis resigned
    director
  22. 2014-12-01
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    WAGLAND, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2014-11-13
    ➖
    ELLIS, Graham resigned
    secretary
  24. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    LOVELAND, Anthony Kenneth resigned
    director
  25. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    WARREN, Derek Francis appointed
    director
  26. 2006-10-01
    ➕
    ELLIS, Graham appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-10-01
    ➖
    WRIGGLESWORTH, Robert resigned
    secretary
  28. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    BLUNT, Melvyn Thomas resigned
    secretary
  29. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    WRIGGLESWORTH, Robert appointed
    secretary
  30. 2003-01-06
    ➕
    BLUNT, Melvyn Thomas appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-01-06
    ➖
    LIDDIARD, Timothy Peter James resigned
    secretary
  32. 2003-01-06
    ➕
    LOVELAND, Anthony Kenneth appointed
    director
  33. 2003-01-06
    ➖
    WRIGGLESWORTH, Robert resigned
    director
  34. 2000-07-31
    ➕
    LIDDIARD, Timothy Peter James appointed
    secretary
  35. 2000-07-31
    ➖
    MURCOTT, John James resigned
    secretary
  36. 2000-07-31
    ➖
    STEPHEN, Thomas Mark resigned
    director
  37. 2000-07-31
    ➕
    WRIGGLESWORTH, Robert appointed
    director
  38. 1996-10-03
    ➕
    MURCOTT, John James appointed
    secretary
  39. 1996-10-03
    ➖
    SHAW, Peter Sitwell resigned
    secretary
  40. 1996-10-03
    ➖
    DUBROW, Hilary Jane Louise resigned
    director
  41. 1996-10-02
    ➕
    STEPHEN, Thomas Mark appointed
    director
  42. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    SHAW, Peter Sitwell appointed
    secretary
  43. 1994-10-20
    ➖
    WATKINS, Margaret Mary resigned
    secretary
  44. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    DUBROW, Hilary Jane Louise appointed
    director
  45. 1994-10-20
    ➖
    MCCOLLUM, Anglea Jean resigned
    director
  46. 1994-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As HOPBINE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
  47. 1994-10-12
    ➕
    WATKINS, Margaret Mary appointed
    secretary
  48. 1994-10-12
    ➕
    MCCOLLUM, Anglea Jean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Bramblings, Caxton Place Court Lane
Hadlow
Tonbridge
Kent
TN11 0JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 15 resigned)

ATKINSON, Thom→
secretary · appointed 2016-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARING, Rupert→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLUNT, Melvyn Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-06 · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
ELLIS, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-01 · resigned 2014-11-13
Resigned
LIDDIARD, Timothy Peter James→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2003-01-06
Resigned
MURCOTT, John James→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-03 · resigned 2000-07-31
Resigned
SHAW, Peter Sitwell→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 1996-10-03
Resigned
WAGLAND, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-01 · resigned 2016-10-08
Resigned
WATKINS, Margaret Mary→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-12 · resigned 1994-10-20
Resigned
WRIGGLESWORTH, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2006-10-01
Resigned
DUBROW, Hilary Jane Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 1996-10-03
Resigned
LOVELAND, Anthony Kenneth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-01-06 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
MATHER, Andrew Harvey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-10-20 · resigned 2016-10-08
Resigned
MCCOLLUM, Anglea Jean→
director · ~63y · appointed 1994-10-12 · resigned 1994-10-20
Resigned
STEPHEN, Thomas Mark→
director · ~69y · appointed 1996-10-02 · resigned 2000-07-31
Resigned
WARREN, Derek Francis→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-12-12 · resigned 2015-10-20
Resigned
WRIGGLESWORTH, Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2003-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

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2025-09-25
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2025-09-12
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-24
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accounts · AA
2020-06-23
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2019-09-14
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accounts · AA
2019-06-26