HART HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03949845 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-03-12
    ➖
    COSTER, Mark David resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2009-11-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Nick, Secretary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-11-10
    ➖
    COSTER, Mark David resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-10-10
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, William resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-07-08
    ➕
    SMITH, Nick appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-17
    ➕
    COSTER, Mark David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-05-17
    ➕
    COSTER, Mark David appointed
    director
  23. 2004-03-05
    ➖
    ANGEL, Robert Daniel resigned
    director
  24. 2002-03-18
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, William appointed
    director
  25. 2002-03-18
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, William appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-03-18
    ➖
    HALL, Martin Francis resigned
    secretary
  27. 2002-03-18
    ➕
    ANGEL, Robert Daniel appointed
    director
  28. 2002-03-18
    ➖
    GARRATT, John Roger Martin resigned
    director
  29. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    GARRATT, John Roger Martin appointed
    director
  30. 2001-03-17
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2000-04-01
    ➕
    HALL, Martin Francis appointed
    secretary
  32. 2000-04-01
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2000-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As HART HOUSE LIMITED
  34. 2000-03-17
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2000-03-17
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Flat Pained Fan
2, Holland Street
Barnstaple
EX31 1DP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

SMITH, Nick, Secretary→
secretary · appointed 2009-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLIOTT, William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Nick→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSTER, Mark David→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-17 · resigned 2009-11-10
Resigned
ELLIOTT, William→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2009-10-10
Resigned
HALL, Martin Francis→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2002-03-18
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-17 · resigned 2000-04-01
Resigned
ANGEL, Robert Daniel→
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2004-03-05
Resigned
COSTER, Mark David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-05-17 · resigned 2025-03-12
Resigned
GARRATT, John Roger Martin→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-18
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-17 · resigned 2001-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30