138 HIGH STREET LEWES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03471309 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-25
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.
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2023-12-01
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  4. 2022-12-01
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  5. 2021-12-01
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  6. 2020-12-01
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  7. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  8. 2019-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  9. 2017-12-18
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  10. 2016-12-20
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  11. 2016-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  12. 2015-11-25
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  13. 2015-01-16
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  14. 2014-11-29
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  15. 2014-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-04-07
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    HARDING, Donald appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-04-07
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    GALT, John Moore appointed
    director
  18. 2006-04-07
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    ALLAMAND, Paul Martin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-07
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    BUCKINGHAM, Anthony Oxborrow resigned
    director
  20. 1997-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 138 HIGH STREET LEWES LIMITED
  21. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    HARDING, Donald appointed
    director
  22. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    ALLAMAND, Paul Martin appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-11-25
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    NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-11-25
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    NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    BUCKINGHAM, Anthony Oxborrow appointed
    director
  26. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-11-25
    ➖
    NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald Harding
Individual · British · DOB 07/1939 · age 87
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

138 High Street
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1XS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HARDING, Donald→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALT, John Moore→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-04-07
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Active
HARDING, Donald→
director · ~87y · appointed 1997-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAMAND, Paul Martin→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 2006-04-07
Resigned
NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 1997-11-25
Resigned
BUCKINGHAM, Anthony Oxborrow→
director · ~91y · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 2006-04-07
Resigned
NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 1997-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-01-01