BRITISH HOMEOWNERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04471430 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees0—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2024-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BRITISH HOMEOWNERS LIMITED
  18. 2002-06-27
    ➕
    HARTLEY, Ann Stephanie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-06-27
    ➕
    HARTLEY, Peter Rains appointed
    director
  20. 2002-06-27
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-06-27
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-06-27
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-06-27
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Hartley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

42a Walnut Road
Torquay
TQ2 6HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARTLEY, Ann Stephanie→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-27
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Active
HARTLEY, Peter Rains→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-06-27
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30