54/56 GROVE HILL ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04377477 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-20
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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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: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-152024-03-15
Average employees100100

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-05-14
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    O'CONNOR, Sean Patrick appointed
    director
  5. 2024-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-30
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    KNIGHT, John Michael resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    WILSON, Richard Stuart Niven appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-03-15
    ➕
    WILSON, Richard Stuart Niven appointed
    director
  20. 2002-03-15
    ➕
    KNIGHT, John Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2002-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 54/56 GROVE HILL ROAD LIMITED
  22. 2002-02-20
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-02-20
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-02-20
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-02-20
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 73 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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Victoria House The Moor
Hawkhurst
Cranbrook
Kent
TN18 4NR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last made up to: 2025-03-15
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, Richard Stuart Niven→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'CONNOR, Sean Patrick→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Richard Stuart Niven→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2002-02-20
Resigned
KNIGHT, John Michael→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-03-15 · resigned 2022-09-30
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2002-02-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12