16-63 HOLMBURY GROVE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04065565 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-05
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-20
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    MARTIN, Derek Charles appointed
    director
  15. 2017-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-04-30
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    GIBSON, Irene Marcia resigned
    director
  17. 2016-09-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2015-09-06
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    HOARE, Dallas resigned
    director
  19. 2013-10-01
    ➕
    GIBSON, Irene Marcia appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-25
    ➕
    HOARE, Dallas appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-13
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    NELSON, Christopher David John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-04-19
    ➖
    BARRY, Susan resigned
    director
  23. 2010-04-19
    ➖
    LEHEC, Stephen Joseph resigned
    director
  24. 2009-09-16
    ➖
    NELSON, Christopher David John resigned
    director
  25. 2006-04-27
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    RYDER, Philip Laurence resigned
    director
  26. 2005-10-19
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    FULCHER, William Robert resigned
    director
  27. 2005-10-19
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    RYDER, Philip Laurence appointed
    director
  28. 2000-10-09
    ➕
    JONES, Roger Antony appointed
    director
  29. 2000-10-09
    ➕
    BARRY, Susan appointed
    director
  30. 2000-10-09
    ➕
    LEHEC, Stephen Joseph appointed
    director
  31. 2000-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 16-63 HOLMBURY GROVE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  32. 2000-09-05
    ➕
    NELSON, Christopher David John appointed
    secretary
  33. 2000-09-05
    ➕
    FULCHER, William Robert appointed
    director
  34. 2000-09-05
    ➕
    NELSON, Christopher David John appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 26 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

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
Incorporated2000-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

42 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

JONES, Roger Antony→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Derek Charles→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NELSON, Christopher David John→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2011-04-13
Resigned
BARRY, Susan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-10-09 · resigned 2010-04-19
Resigned
FULCHER, William Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2005-10-19
Resigned
GIBSON, Irene Marcia→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-10-01 · resigned 2017-04-30
Resigned
HOARE, Dallas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-05-25 · resigned 2015-09-06
Resigned
LEHEC, Stephen Joseph→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-10-09 · resigned 2010-04-19
Resigned
NELSON, Christopher David John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2009-09-16
Resigned
RYDER, Philip Laurence→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30