27 HOLLAND ROAD HOVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03280763 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 96-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 96). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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  2. 2024-08-12
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-08-05
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-02-11
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  7. 2019-04-05
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  8. 2018-08-09
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  9. 2017-11-13
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  10. 2017-03-21
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  11. 2016-11-21
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-09-21
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  13. 2015-11-30
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  14. 2015-04-13
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  15. 2014-12-01
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  16. 2007-01-19
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    KITCHIN, Hilary resigned
    director
  17. 2002-12-07
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    BOWEN, Brenig Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2002-12-07
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    GOODWIN, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 1996-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 27 HOLLAND ROAD HOVE LIMITED
  20. 1996-11-19
    ➕
    BOWEN, Brenig Anthony appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-11-19
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1996-11-19
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-11-19
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    KITCHIN, Hilary appointed
    director
  24. 1996-11-19
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1996-11-19
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 96 — succession pressure is live.

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 96 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

27 Holland Road
Hove
Sussex
BN3 1JE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BOWEN, Brenig Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-19
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Active
BOWEN, Brenig Anthony→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-12-07
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Active
GOODWIN, Kenneth→
director · ~96y · appointed 2002-12-07
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Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-19 · resigned 1996-11-19
Resigned
KITCHIN, Hilary→
director · ~99y · appointed 1996-11-19 · resigned 2007-01-19
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-11-19 · resigned 1996-11-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
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2025-08-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
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2024-08-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
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2021-12-03
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accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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2020-11-19
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2020-02-11
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2019-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-04-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-14