36 HALFORD ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04233852 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-13
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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  2. 2025-02-19
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  3. 2024-02-22
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  4. 2023-02-18
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  5. 2022-02-18
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  6. 2021-05-20
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  7. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-15
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-02-22
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  12. 2016-06-13
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  13. 2016-03-19
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  14. 2015-06-24
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  15. 2015-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-02-26
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    BLYTH, Eleanor Mary appointed
    director
  17. 2012-12-17
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    TINNE, Emma Jane Claire resigned
    director
  18. 2007-03-13
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    CHOW, David appointed
    director
  19. 2007-01-16
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    HACKWORTH, Katherine Mary resigned
    director
  20. 2002-09-23
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    HACKWORTH, Katherine Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2002-04-02
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    SMYTH, Paul Richard resigned
    director
  22. 2001-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 36 HALFORD ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  23. 2001-06-13
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    HAYCOCK, John Christopher appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-06-13
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    HAYCOCK, John Christopher appointed
    director
  25. 2001-06-13
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    SMYTH, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2001-06-13
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    TINNE, Emma Jane Claire appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Christopher Haycock
Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/06/2017

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
Incorporated2001-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Woodbridge Meadow Woodbridge Lane
Bedchester
Shaftesbury
SP7 0BF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HAYCOCK, John Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-13
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Active
BLYTH, Eleanor Mary→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-02-26
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Active
CHOW, David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-03-13
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Active
HAYCOCK, John Christopher→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HACKWORTH, Katherine Mary→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-09-23 · resigned 2007-01-16
Resigned
SMYTH, Paul Richard→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-06-13 · resigned 2002-04-02
Resigned
TINNE, Emma Jane Claire→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-06-13 · resigned 2012-12-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-21
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accounts · AA
2026-02-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-03