HEART OF LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE

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04293930 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-09-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
83 officers (17 active, 83 linked, 77 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
238 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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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
Average employees242400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (171 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
    MASON, Matthew Jude appointed
    director
  2. 2026-01-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-03
    PROSSER, Joanna Mary resigned
    director
  5. 2025-06-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-19
    SIMMONS, Surinder resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-06-06
    AZIZ, Omar appointed
    director
  10. 2024-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-03-01
    DIFFER, William Gerard appointed
    director
  12. 2024-03-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-02-28
    VILLAGE, William Leo resigned
    director
  14. 2024-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2024-01-15
    TAYLOR, Alison appointed
    director
  16. 2024-01-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-08-31
    MURPHY, Stuart resigned
    director
  19. 2023-08-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2023-06-13
    ALLIBONE, Tim appointed
    director
  21. 2023-06-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2023-05-24
    HARDING-ROOTS, Simon Geoffrey resigned
    director
  23. 2023-05-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2023-04-24
    KHIROYA, Deepan Rasiklal resigned
    director
  25. 2023-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  27. 2022-12-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  28. 2022-12-02
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    address · AD01
  29. 2022-09-29
    DEAR, Krishma appointed
    director
  30. 2022-09-29
    NEWTON, Raymond Cyril resigned
    director
  31. 2022-09-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  32. 2022-09-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  33. 2022-01-06
    COOKSEY, James Richard Campbell appointed
    director
  34. 2022-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  35. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  36. 2021-12-31
    SKETCHLEY, Timothy John resigned
    director
  37. 2021-12-08
    HARDING-ROOTS, Simon Geoffrey appointed
    director
  38. 2021-12-03
    SMITH, Oliver resigned
    director
  39. 2021-11-17
    VILLAGE, William Leo appointed
    director
  40. 2021-03-15
    SIMMONS, Surinder appointed
    director
  41. 2021-02-25
    BLUNT, Claire Jacqueline resigned
    director
  42. 2021-01-08
    ATHRON, Tom appointed
    director
  43. 2021-01-06
    VENTERS, Ewan Andrew resigned
    director
  44. 2020-10-22
    MURPHY, Stuart appointed
    director
  45. 2019-12-12
    KHIROYA, Deepan Rasiklal appointed
    director
  46. 2019-09-18
    PROSSER, Joanna Mary appointed
    director
  47. 2019-09-10
    BALDWIN, Christine Anne resigned
    director
  48. 2019-03-07
    STEWART, David Alexander resigned
    director
  49. 2019-01-15
    MONTEITH, Angus John resigned
    director
  50. 2018-12-06
    BLUNT, Claire Jacqueline appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 171 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
  • -16 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2001-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

80-81 St. Martin's Lane
London
WC2N 4AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (17 active · 66 resigned)

BROWN, Jeremy
secretary · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
ABI-GERGES, Claude
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-09-29
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Active
ALLIBONE, Tim
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-06-13
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Active
ATHRON, Tom
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-01-08
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Active
AZIZ, Omar
director · ~28y · appointed 2024-06-06
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Active
COOKSEY, James Richard Campbell
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-01-06
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Active
DEAR, Krishma
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-09-29
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Active
DIFFER, William Gerard
director · ~69y · appointed 2024-03-01
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Active
JAMES, John
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-07-03
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Active
LOVE, Andrew Michael
director · ~85y · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
MASON, Matthew Jude
director · ~53y · appointed 2026-01-19
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Active
RUSSELL-SMITH, Rob
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-03-19
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Active
SHAW, Julian
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-09-23
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Active
STREET, Tessa
director · ~52y · appointed 2009-04-30
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Active
TAYLOR, Alison
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-01-15
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Active
THOMAS, James Simon
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-06-24
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Active
WILES, Adam John
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-10-05
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Active
BAINES, Karen
secretary · appointed 2011-02-28 · resigned 2012-03-31
Resigned
BROWN, Stanley Michael
secretary · appointed 2001-09-26 · resigned 2003-01-31
Resigned
DAVIES, Benjamin
secretary · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2011-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (238 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-13