HOLLINS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05640213 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-30
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    WATSON-WILLIAMS, Clare appointed
    secretary
  9. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2018-11-30
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    READLE, Maureen Patricia resigned
    secretary
  13. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-12-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2009-11-30
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2005-11-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HOLLINS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  20. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Craig Carmichael appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    SCOTT, Joan Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    READLE, Maureen Patricia appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-11-30
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Incorporated2005-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

12 Hollins
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 7DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WATSON-WILLIAMS, Clare→
secretary · appointed 2020-04-01
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Active
JOHNSTON, Craig Carmichael→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-11-30
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Active
SCOTT, Joan Margaret→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
READLE, Maureen Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-13