18 MILTON PLACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05129131 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-11-06
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  3. 2025-02-26
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  4. 2024-02-28
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  5. 2023-02-28
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  6. 2022-02-28
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  7. 2021-09-23
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    BASHIR, Shabnam appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-25
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  10. 2019-02-28
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  11. 2018-02-28
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  12. 2017-02-27
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  13. 2016-06-08
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  14. 2016-02-15
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  15. 2015-06-05
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  16. 2015-03-04
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  17. 2014-06-13
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  18. 2008-04-28
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    ROBERTSON, Siobhan appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-28
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    HIRST, Bryan resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-03-30
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    GOLDMAN, Aaron resigned
    director
  21. 2004-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 18 MILTON PLACE LIMITED
  22. 2004-05-17
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    HIRST, Bryan Robertson appointed
    director
  23. 2004-05-17
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Andrew appointed
    director
  24. 2004-05-17
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    PACKWOOD, Tina June appointed
    director
  25. 2004-05-17
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    HIRST, Bryan appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-05-17
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    GOLDMAN, Aaron appointed
    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
  • -5 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 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bryan Robertson Hirst
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2017
Mr Andrew Knight
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2017
Ms Siobhan Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flint Barn Farm
Flint Lane
Lenham
Kent
ME17 2EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BASHIR, Shabnam→
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIRST, Bryan Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PACKWOOD, Tina June→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Siobhan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIRST, Bryan→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-17 · resigned 2008-04-28
Resigned
GOLDMAN, Aaron→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-05-17 · resigned 2008-03-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-26
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officers · AP01
2025-11-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-23