EASTMAWES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04464603 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-19

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£188.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Real estate agencies

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 6 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

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £188,947

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£209k

Net Worth

£189k

Current Assets

£218k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£191.4k	—	—
Current assets	£217.8k	—	—
Cash	£209.0k	—	—
Debtors	£8.8k	—	—
Net assets	£188.9k	—	—
Average employees	—	500	600

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

• 2 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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2026-05-28
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2025-03-10
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2024-07-15
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2024-06-20
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officers · CH01
2024-06-14
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2023-06-30
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2023-06-30
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2023-06-30
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officers · CH03
2023-06-23
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accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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2022-01-10
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2021-03-04
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2019-11-26
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2019-03-19
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accounts · AA
2019-03-04
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officers · CH01
2019-03-04
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2019-03-04
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2019-03-01
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WILLSON, Mark Peter appointed
secretary
2019-03-01
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HOLMAN, John Richard appointed
director
2019-03-01
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HOLMAN, Katherine Margaret appointed
director
2019-03-01
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WALTON, Elizabeth Clair appointed
director
2019-01-22
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HOLMAN, Doreen Margaret resigned
secretary
2019-01-22
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HOLMAN, Doreen Margaret resigned
director
2008-11-01
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WILLSON, Mark Peter appointed
director
2008-05-01
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HOLMAN, Doreen Margaret appointed
director
2002-06-21
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HOLMAN, Derek appointed
director
2002-06-21
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HOLMAN, Doreen Margaret appointed
secretary
2002-06-21
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CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2002-06-21
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CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2002-06-19
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Company incorporated
As EASTMAWES LIMITED
2002-06-19
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CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-19
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CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

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 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Derek Holman Individual · British · DOB 06/1938 · age 88	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	22/01/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Derek Holmanceased 22/01/2019· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

Manor Office The Square

St Mawes

Truro

Cornwall

TR2 5AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-03

Last: 2025-06-19