12 EATON ROAD (HOVE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03283314 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£5.1k
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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,066

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£5.4k£4.0k
Current assets£5.3k£4.0k
Net assets£5.1k£3.7k

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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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-23
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-08-31
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-09-15
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  7. 2019-08-29
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  8. 2018-08-31
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  9. 2017-08-30
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  10. 2016-08-31
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  11. 2015-11-25
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  12. 2015-08-27
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  13. 2014-11-28
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  14. 2014-08-29
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  15. 2013-11-25
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  16. 2008-09-26
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    JOHNSON, Rachel Amelia appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-09-26
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    JOHNSON, Rachel Amelia appointed
    director
  18. 2008-09-26
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    GREGORY, Paul resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-09-26
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    JOHNSON, Robert James resigned
    director
  20. 2002-09-16
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    BLAKE, Ian Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2002-09-16
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    JOHNSON, Robert James appointed
    director
  22. 2002-09-09
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    WORTH, Diana resigned
    director
  23. 2002-08-31
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    HARMES, Sharon Teresa resigned
    director
  24. 2001-01-08
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    GREGORY, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2001-01-08
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    GREGORY, Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-01-08
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    HARMES, Sharon Teresa resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-01-08
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-10-01
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    secretary
  29. 1996-12-18
    ➕
    HARMES, Sharon Teresa appointed
    secretary
  30. 1996-12-18
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1996-12-18
    ➕
    HARMES, Sharon Teresa appointed
    director
  32. 1996-12-18
    ➕
    WORTH, Diana appointed
    director
  33. 1996-12-18
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1996-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 12 EATON ROAD (HOVE) LIMITED
  35. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  36. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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
Incorporated1996-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

C/O Brennan Herriott & Co
1 Blatchington Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3YP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

JOHNSON, Rachel Amelia→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Ian Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGORY, Paul→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Rachel Amelia→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGORY, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-08 · resigned 2008-09-26
Resigned
HARMES, Sharon Teresa→
secretary · appointed 1996-12-18 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-01 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 1996-12-18
Resigned
HARMES, Sharon Teresa→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-12-18 · resigned 2002-08-31
Resigned
JOHNSON, Robert James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-09-16 · resigned 2008-09-26
Resigned
WORTH, Diana→
director · ~87y · appointed 1996-12-18 · resigned 2002-09-09
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 1996-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

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2025-08-29
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2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
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2024-08-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-27