18 WILBURY AVENUE HOVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03286224 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-02

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£-1.2k

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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,176

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£-1.2k	—
Net assets	£-1.2k	—
Average employees	—	0

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

filing

• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2007-06-14
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HARRIS, David Geoffrey appointed
director
2007-06-14
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MITCHELL, Molly Ruby resigned
director
1998-01-23
➖
WOODFIN, Denise resigned
director
1996-12-02
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Company incorporated
As 18 WILBURY AVENUE HOVE LIMITED
1996-12-02
➕
COX, Barry John appointed
secretary
1996-12-02
➕
ALLAN, Lynda appointed
director
1996-12-02
➕
COX, Barry John appointed
director
1996-12-02
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-02
➖
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-02
➕
MITCHELL, Molly Ruby appointed
director
1996-12-02
➕
WOODFIN, Denise appointed
director
1996-12-02
➕
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-12-02
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Barry John Cox Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-12-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Unit 4, West Station Goods Yard

Terminus Road

Bexhill-On-Sea

TN39 3LR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

COX, Barry John→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-02

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Active

ALLAN, Lynda→

director · ~62y · appointed 1996-12-02

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Active

COX, Barry John→

director · ~86y · appointed 1996-12-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HARRIS, David Geoffrey→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-06-14

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-02 · resigned 1996-12-02

Resigned

MITCHELL, Molly Ruby→

director · ~101y · appointed 1996-12-02 · resigned 2007-06-14

Resigned

WOODFIN, Denise→

director · ~68y · appointed 1996-12-02 · resigned 1998-01-23

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-02 · resigned 1996-12-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-10

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2023-07-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-02