134 HIGHBURY HILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05287679 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-16
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
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-09-25
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    SYME, James Fraser appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-02-28
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    WENMAN, Helen Rosaleen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-02-28
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    WENMAN, Helen Rosaleen resigned
    director
  19. 2006-05-16
    ➖
    CC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-05-16
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    COLCOY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2006-02-20
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    JACKSON, Colin Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2006-02-20
    ➕
    SYME, James Fraser appointed
    director
  23. 2006-02-20
    ➕
    WENMAN, Helen Rosaleen appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-02-20
    ➕
    WENMAN, Helen Rosaleen appointed
    director
  25. 2004-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 134 HIGHBURY HILL LIMITED
  26. 2004-11-16
    ➕
    CC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-11-16
    ➕
    COLCOY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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 James Fraser Syme
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Syme
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Colin Peter Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

134a Highbury Hill
Highbury
London
N5 1AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SYME, James Fraser→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-25
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Active
JACKSON, Colin Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-02-20
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Active
SYME, James Fraser→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WENMAN, Helen Rosaleen→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
CC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-11-16 · resigned 2006-05-16
Resigned
WENMAN, Helen Rosaleen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
COLCOY LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-11-16 · resigned 2006-05-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-31