HINKSEY HILL WOODLAND COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04638539 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-16

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	500	500

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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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2023-04-20
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RAMASAMY, Maheshi Nirmala, Prof appointed
secretary
2023-04-20
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SMYTHE, Peter Brearley resigned
secretary
2022-10-11
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2021-07-09
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2021-03-27
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AGIUS, Martin Peter resigned
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2020-06-18
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2019-10-25
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2019-05-13
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2018-08-29
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2017-12-12
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SHIRODARIA, Cheerag Champak, Dr appointed
director
2017-12-12
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LE FEVRE, Christopher Nelson resigned
director
2016-01-28
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SHAH, Ketan, Dr appointed
director
2016-01-28
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SCHOMBERG, Michael George resigned
director
2015-07-17
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DOLTON, Stephen appointed
director
2015-07-17
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BINGHAM, Nicholas Fox resigned
director
2003-02-16
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
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2003-01-16
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Company incorporated
As HINKSEY HILL WOODLAND COMPANY LIMITED
2003-01-16
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BALDWIN, Christine Louise, Lady appointed
director
2003-01-16
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SMYTHE, Peter Brearley appointed
director
2003-01-16
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SMYTHE, Peter Brearley appointed
secretary
2003-01-16
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-16
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AGIUS, Martin Peter appointed
director
2003-01-16
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BINGHAM, Nicholas Fox appointed
director
2003-01-16
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LE FEVRE, Christopher Nelson appointed
director
2003-01-16
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SCHOMBERG, Michael George appointed
director
2003-01-16
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
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2003-01-16
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
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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

-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 83 — 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 83 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-01-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

4 Witan Way

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 6FF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-06

Last: 2025-08-23