HERONS COURT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03718816 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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
28 officers (7 active, 28 linked, 21 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 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
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £1,006

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£201£402£604£805£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Debtors£6£6
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-07
    BOWDEN, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-01-15
    STEHRENBERGER, Maureen Mildred resigned
    director
  7. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-03-02
    HAMBLIN, Darren Clint appointed
    director
  12. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-05-18
    CHARE, Patricia Anne resigned
    director
  15. 2020-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-02
    MOI, Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2018-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-04-17
    SHAKALLI, Suzanne resigned
    director
  21. 2018-04-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2017-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-02-26
    SOUTHWORTH, Peter John appointed
    director
  24. 2016-02-26
    GOLDTHORPE, Christine resigned
    director
  25. 2015-03-25
    GERRARD, Philip Neil appointed
    director
  26. 2014-12-01
    BOARD, Bridget Philomena resigned
    director
  27. 2012-01-19
    GOLDTHORPE, Christine appointed
    director
  28. 2011-07-07
    LEIBOU, Gerald resigned
    director
  29. 2010-10-20
    BOARD, Bridget Philomena appointed
    director
  30. 2010-10-20
    SHAKALLI, Suzanne appointed
    director
  31. 2010-06-14
    TAFT, Katie Ann resigned
    director
  32. 2010-03-31
    TAFT, Katie Ann appointed
    director
  33. 2008-12-01
    LEIBOU, Gerald resigned
    secretary
  34. 2008-12-01
    PHILLIPS, Tony resigned
    director
  35. 2008-11-01
    MELLERY-PRATT, Anthony John appointed
    secretary
  36. 2008-07-08
    PHILLIPS, Tony appointed
    director
  37. 2007-12-03
    GAUNT, Peter resigned
    director
  38. 2007-05-30
    CHARE, Patricia Anne appointed
    director
  39. 2007-05-30
    GAUNT, Peter appointed
    director
  40. 2007-01-31
    FORD, Anthony resigned
    secretary
  41. 2007-01-31
    LEIBOU, Gerald appointed
    secretary
  42. 2006-10-30
    CHARE, Patricia Anne resigned
    director
  43. 2006-10-27
    GAUNT, Peter resigned
    director
  44. 2006-09-18
    GAUNT, Peter appointed
    director
  45. 2004-05-05
    DE SOUZA, Peter George resigned
    director
  46. 2003-09-30
    FORD, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  47. 2003-09-30
    FOXES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  48. 2003-03-09
    STEHRENBERGER, Maureen Mildred appointed
    director
  49. 2003-03-08
    STEHRENBERGER, Peter Walter resigned
    director
  50. 2003-03-01
    LEIBOU, Gerald appointed
    director
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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-07

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

10 Exeter Road
The Square
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH2 5AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-07OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-21

Officers (7 active · 21 resigned)

MELLERY-PRATT, Anthony John
secretary · appointed 2008-11-01
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Active
BOWDEN, Mark Anthony
director · ~63y · appointed 2025-05-07
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Active
GERRARD, Philip Neil
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-03-25
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Active
HAMBLIN, Darren Clint
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-03-02
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Active
LAMBERT, Rosemarie Ann Perry
director · ~85y · appointed 1999-12-17
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Active
MOI, Joseph
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-05-02
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Active
SOUTHWORTH, Peter John
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-02-26
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Active
FORD, Anthony
secretary · appointed 2003-09-30 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
LEIBOU, Gerald
secretary · appointed 2007-01-31 · resigned 2008-12-01
Resigned
MUNSON, Terence Alan
secretary · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2002-08-29
Resigned
PERRINS, George Henry
secretary · appointed 1999-02-24 · resigned 2000-02-01
Resigned
FOXES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD.
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-08-29 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-24 · resigned 1999-02-24
Resigned
BOARD, Bridget Philomena
director · ~91y · appointed 2010-10-20 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
CHARE, Patricia Anne
director · ~91y · appointed 2007-05-30 · resigned 2021-05-18
Resigned
CHARE, Patricia Anne
director · ~91y · appointed 1999-02-24 · resigned 2006-10-30
Resigned
DE SOUZA, Peter George
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-02-24 · resigned 2004-05-05
Resigned
GAUNT, Peter
director · ~92y · appointed 2007-05-30 · resigned 2007-12-03
Resigned
GAUNT, Peter
director · ~92y · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2006-10-27
Resigned
GOLDTHORPE, Christine
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-01-19 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05