ARDBENNIE ZIMBABWE PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04172647 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-05

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
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accounts · AA
2021-07-14
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accounts · AA
2020-08-10
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accounts · AA
2019-09-01
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accounts · AA
2018-12-09
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accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2001-03-16
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TOPHAM, Matthew Edward Currer appointed
secretary
2001-03-16
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HAMPSHIRE, Grenville Holden appointed
director
2001-03-16
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TOPHAM, Matthew Edward Currer appointed
director
2001-03-16
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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2001-03-16
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2001-03-05
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Company incorporated
As ARDBENNIE ZIMBABWE PROPERTIES LIMITED
2001-03-05
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-05
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Grenville Holden Hampshire Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	05/03/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Capita Fiduciary Group Limitedceased 28/03/2025· 25-50% shares · trust interest

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

Incorporated2001-03-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Courtyard House

Chapel En Le Frith

High Peak

Derbyshire

SK23 9UE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TOPHAM, Matthew Edward Currer→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-16

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Active

HAMPSHIRE, Grenville Holden→

director · ~79y · appointed 2001-03-16

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Active

TOPHAM, Matthew Edward Currer→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-16

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Active

RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-05 · resigned 2001-03-16

Resigned

RM NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-05 · resigned 2001-03-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-05-28

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-04-03