ROYAL HERBERT FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03406822 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-22

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 28.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 28.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

44 officers (7 active, 44 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

176 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	12	900

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (104 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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capital · SH01
2026-02-04
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capital · SH01
2025-12-22
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officers · TM01
2025-12-21
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GREENALL, Alan resigned
director
2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2025-07-14
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officers · AP01
2025-07-09
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TUMBEVA, Stoyana Petrova appointed
director
2025-03-21
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officers · AP01
2025-03-18
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BUTCHER, David Thomas appointed
director
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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2024-06-03
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2024-06-03
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officers · CH01
2024-05-29
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officers · AP01
2024-05-13
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O'DONNELL, Jeremy appointed
director
2023-12-14
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capital · SH01
2023-09-25
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accounts · AA
2023-02-02
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officers · TM01
2022-12-19
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HUMPHREYS, Diana Jane resigned
director
2022-08-05
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accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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2022-06-14
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ZIAUDDIN, Shehzad Syed Bahadur appointed
director
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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2021-12-03
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STAPLETON, Richard James resigned
director
2021-08-03
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2021-07-22
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SUTTON, Richard Fenby appointed
director
2021-06-14
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address · AD01
2020-06-30
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FAIRCLOUGH, Michael resigned
director
2019-10-20
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DEGIORGIO, Oliver resigned
director
2019-09-19
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DEGIORGIO, Oliver appointed
director
2018-07-17
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GREENALL, Alan appointed
director
2016-07-21
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CRESSWELL, Sarah resigned
director
2016-03-15
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FAIRCLOUGH, Michael appointed
director
2015-12-15
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HODGSON, Rebecca Jane resigned
director
2015-10-13
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STAPLETON, Richard James appointed
director
2014-01-12
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MEAD, Elizabeth resigned
director
2013-10-22
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BAGE, Zina Elizabeth resigned
director
2013-08-20
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HODGSON, Rebecca Jane appointed
director
2013-08-20
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MEAD, Elizabeth appointed
director
2013-07-29
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TORSELLO, Paola resigned
director
2013-05-23
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MANN, Mark Reginald resigned
director
2013-02-04
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WEBBER, Christopher Samuel resigned
director
2012-11-12
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TORSELLO, Paola appointed
director
2012-08-18
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WILKINS, William Joseph Mark resigned
director
2012-02-13
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MANN, Mark Reginald appointed
director
2011-08-06
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SWABY, Christine Elizabeth resigned
director
2010-08-01
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WEBBER, Christopher Samuel appointed
director
2010-07-19
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VERNOUX, Stephane Jean-Marie resigned
director
2010-06-14
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ASPINALL, Jared Edward resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 104 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1997-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Wellesley House Duke Of Wellington Avenue

Royal Arsenal

London

SE18 6SS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22