16 MELVILLE ROAD (HOVE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05054952 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-25

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

£100

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-24	2024-08-24
Total assets	£100	£100
Current assets	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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

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 (45 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-02
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-12-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-01
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FLINT, Josie Noelle Danielle appointed
secretary
2023-12-01
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VINCENT, Stuart Charles resigned
secretary
2023-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-18
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DAY, Matthew Paul, Dr appointed
director
2023-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-15
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JACKOWSKA, Nicolette Susan appointed
director
2021-04-24
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METZGER, Morna resigned
director
2021-04-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
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elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2020-03-23
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elect-to-keep-the-secretaries-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH03
2020-03-23
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elect-to-keep-the-directors-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH01
2019-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-15
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PANNETT, Nicholas David resigned
director
2016-10-29
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METZGER, Morna appointed
director
2016-08-16
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FLINT, Josiane Noelle Danielle resigned
secretary
2016-08-16
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VINCENT, Stuart Charles appointed
secretary
2016-05-29
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CLARK, Michael Adrian resigned
director
2007-04-19
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CLARK, Michael Adrian resigned
secretary
2007-04-19
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FLINT, Josiane Noelle Danielle appointed
secretary
2006-10-06
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CLARK, Michael Adrian appointed
secretary
2006-10-06
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WILKINSON, Victoria Anne resigned
secretary
2005-01-10
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FLINT, Josiane Noelle Danielle appointed
director
2005-01-10
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GOFTON, Victoria Anne appointed
director
2005-01-10
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MARTELLETTI, Peter Leonard resigned
secretary
2005-01-10
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WILKINSON, Victoria Anne appointed
secretary
2005-01-10
➖
MARTELLETTI, Peter Leonard resigned
director
2004-02-25
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Company incorporated
As 16 MELVILLE ROAD (HOVE) LIMITED
2004-02-25
➕
MARTELLETTI, Peter Leonard appointed
secretary
2004-02-25
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STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-02-25
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-02-25
➕
CLARK, Michael Adrian appointed
director
2004-02-25
➕
MARTELLETTI, Peter Leonard appointed
director
2004-02-25
➕
PANNETT, Nicholas David appointed
director
2004-02-25
➕
STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2004-02-25
➖
STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

Incorporated2004-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

4 West View

Lindfield

Sussex

RH16 2LJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last made up to: 2025-08-24

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31