HILBRE ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03939324 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-03

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£9.40M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 10 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

34 live charges · 10 lenders · oldest 25.5y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 10 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

34 charges (34/34 with lender, 34/34 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

158 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,401,636

Cash draining

Cash down 69% YoY

Cash YoY

-69%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£268k

↓ 69% YoY

Net Worth

£9.4m

↑ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£5.6m

↑ 1.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-30	2023-10-30
Total assets	£9.49M	£9.33M
Current assets	£5.58M	£5.51M
Cash	£267.8k	£856.9k
Debtors	£5.31M	£4.61M
Net assets	£9.40M	£9.12M

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

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2 signals 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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (98 events)Click to expand

2025-10-30
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accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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officers · AP01
2024-04-19
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ROBERTS, Bethan appointed
director
2023-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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officers · AP01
2023-10-10
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MCKINNEY, John Michael appointed
director
2023-07-31
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-13
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accounts · AAMD
2022-10-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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mortgage · MR01
2021-12-06
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Charge registered #34
Lender: Mjk Capital Limited
2021-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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officers · TM01
2021-03-08
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MCKINNEY, John Michael resigned
director
2020-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-14
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mortgage · MR04
2020-04-14
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mortgage · MR04
2020-04-14
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Charge satisfied #32
2020-04-14
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Charge satisfied #25
2019-12-17
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mortgage · MR04
2019-12-17
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Charge satisfied #18
2019-12-13
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mortgage · MR04
2019-12-13
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Charge satisfied #28
2019-12-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #27
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #23
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #21
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #17
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #16
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #15
2019-01-24
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Charge satisfied #24
2018-11-01
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MCKINNEY, John Michael appointed
director
2016-09-29
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Charge registered #33
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-08-10
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Charge registered #32
Lender: Steven Sean Kirby
2015-04-21
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Charge registered #31
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-04-21
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Charge registered #30
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-11-28
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Charge registered #29
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-05-20
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Charge registered #28
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-05-20
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Charge registered #27
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2013-10-21
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Charge registered #26
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2013-10-18
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Charge registered #25
Lender: Alinbrook Limited
2013-09-12
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Charge satisfied #20
2013-07-01
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Charge registered #24
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2013-07-01
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2012-12-07
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2012-12-05
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Charge satisfied #13
2012-12-05
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Charge satisfied #14
2012-12-05
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Charge satisfied #12

Showing most recent 50 of 98 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBERTS, Bethan (same surname) appointed 2024-04-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

8 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Hugh Roberts Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/02/2017

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

Incorporated2000-03-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Shiftworks Royal House

14 Upper Northgate Street

Chester

CH1 4EE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-30

Last made up to: 2024-10-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04