18 HIGHCROFT VILLAS (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

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05120311 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-05-05

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

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 (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

22 officers (9 active, 22 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,564

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 34% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↑ 31% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£3.9k	£3.0k
Current assets	£3.9k	£3.0k
Net assets	£3.6k	£2.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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WHEELER, Alison Jane appointed
secretary
2026-03-26
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BLIGH, Katharine Vera resigned
secretary
2026-03-26
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officers · TM02
2026-03-26
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address · AD01
2026-03-26
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officers · AP03
2025-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
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WHEELER, Alison Jane appointed
director
2025-09-05
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officers · AP01
2024-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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officers · AP01
2021-12-01
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officers · AP01
2021-09-02
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accounts · AA
2021-07-19
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MONKS, Andrew Patrick appointed
director
2021-07-19
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MONKS, Kerrie appointed
director
2020-01-11
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accounts · AA
2019-09-09
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2018-09-12
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accounts · AA
2018-07-03
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officers · AP01
2018-07-03
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officers · AP01
2016-12-01
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HEATH, Rachel Fleurette appointed
director
2016-12-01
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HEATH, Stuart John appointed
director
2016-12-01
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DOUGLAS LAIRD, Jean resigned
director
2016-11-20
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MANN, Andrew John resigned
director
2013-02-28
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ROCK, Declan resigned
director
2007-02-23
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BLIGH, Katharine Vera appointed
secretary
2007-02-23
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EDWARDS, John Walter resigned
secretary
2006-02-16
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MANN, Andrew John appointed
director
2006-02-16
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MARTIN, Laurent Marc Marie resigned
director
2005-08-02
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BLIGH, Katharine Vera appointed
director
2005-08-02
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WILTSHIRE, Jeni resigned
director
2005-08-02
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WOODS, Matthew John resigned
director
2005-07-19
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EDWARDS, John Walter appointed
secretary
2005-07-19
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WILTSHIRE, Jeni resigned
secretary
2004-09-14
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WILLIS, David Lincoln resigned
secretary
2004-09-14
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WILTSHIRE, Jeni appointed
secretary
2004-09-14
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WILLIS, David Lincoln resigned
director
2004-09-14
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WILTSHIRE, Jeni appointed
director
2004-05-05
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Company incorporated
As 18 HIGHCROFT VILLAS (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
2004-05-05
➕
EDWARDS, John Walter appointed
director
2004-05-05
➕
WILLIS, David Lincoln appointed
director
2004-05-05
➕
WILLIS, David Lincoln appointed
secretary
2004-05-05
➕
STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-05-05
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-05-05
➕
DOUGLAS LAIRD, Jean appointed
director
2004-05-05
➕
MARTIN, Laurent Marc Marie appointed
director
2004-05-05
➕
ROCK, Declan appointed
director
2004-05-05
➕
WILLIS, David Lincoln appointed
director
2004-05-05
➕
WOODS, Matthew John appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 22 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2004-05-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

21 Mongers Mead

Barcombe

Lewes

BN8 5BE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-19

Last: 2026-05-05