HOLME CROFT RESIDENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04132833 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-29

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£7.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 37000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,336

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£7k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£7.3k	£6.0k
Current assets	£7.3k	£6.0k
Net assets	£7.3k	£6.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-08-13
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officers · AP01
2025-08-04
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accounts · AA
2025-07-21
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CARDWELL, Alan appointed
director
2025-06-19
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officers · TM01
2025-06-09
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BUSHBY, Jordan Paul resigned
director
2025-01-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-08
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address · AD01
2024-08-03
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accounts · AA
2024-01-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-15
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officers · AP01
2023-11-07
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ESTERS, Amanda appointed
director
2023-08-27
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ESTERS, Michael resigned
director
2016-06-08
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ESTERS, Amanda appointed
secretary
2016-06-08
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MCDONNELL, Andrea resigned
secretary
2012-07-24
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BUSHBY, Jordan Paul appointed
director
2012-01-27
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NOLAN, William Michael resigned
director
2010-06-07
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NOLAN, William Michael appointed
director
2009-09-18
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MILLICAN, Keith Gordon resigned
director
2004-02-18
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ESTERS, Michael appointed
director
2003-11-28
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MORRIS, Stephen Dobson resigned
director
2003-04-24
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DONOGHUE, David Mark appointed
director
2003-04-24
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MCDONNELL, Gary appointed
director
2003-04-24
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FREEMANTLE BROWN, Anthony Graham resigned
secretary
2003-04-24
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MCDONNELL, Andrea appointed
secretary
2002-07-19
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ROWE, Joanne resigned
secretary
2002-07-19
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STORY, William resigned
director
2002-06-19
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TOWNEND, Anthony appointed
director
2002-06-19
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FREEMANTLE BROWN, Anthony Graham appointed
secretary
2002-06-19
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MILLICAN, Keith Gordon appointed
director
2002-06-19
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MORRIS, Stephen Dobson appointed
director
2000-12-29
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Company incorporated
As HOLME CROFT RESIDENTS LIMITED
2000-12-29
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ROWE, Joanne appointed
secretary
2000-12-29
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THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
2000-12-29
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THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
2000-12-29
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STORY, William appointed
director
2000-12-29
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
nominee-director

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Amanda Esters Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/11/2023
Mr Anthony Townend Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Gary Mcdonnell Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Jordan Paul Bushby Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr David Mark Donoghue Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael Estersceased 27/08/2023· significant influence

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

Incorporated2000-12-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Grove House Holme Croft

Baldwinholme

Carlisle

CA5 6LQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05