COUNTRYSTYLE GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05675117 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-13
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueConservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 16.2y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £5,583
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating profit | £-213 | £-185 |
| Profit before tax | £5.6k | £5.8k |
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (48 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-02📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-17🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC as Security Agent
- 2024-12-17🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2024-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2023-07-11📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-31➖BUTLER-GALLIE, Stuart resignedsecretary
- 2023-03-31📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-29➕HEATHCOTE, Martin Lewis appointeddirector
- 2022-02-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-23🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2022-02-23🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2022-02-23🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2022-02-23🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2022-02-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-02🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-10🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2020-03-09➖HEATHCOTE, June Dorothy resigneddirector
- 2016-12-14🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-12-07🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-03-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
- 2015-12-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2013-03-06➕BUTLER-GALLIE, Stuart appointedsecretary
- 2012-10-31➖WHEELER, Tim resignedsecretary
- 2012-10-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-10-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Centric Spv 1 Limited
- 2010-06-13➕WHEELER, Tim appointedsecretary
- 2010-06-11➖HEATHCOTE, June Dorothy resignedsecretary
- 2010-04-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-01-13🏢Company incorporatedAs COUNTRYSTYLE GROUP LIMITED
- 2006-01-13➕HEATHCOTE, Trevor Lewis appointeddirector
- 2006-01-13➕HEATHCOTE, June Dorothy appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-13➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-13➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-13➕HEATHCOTE, June Dorothy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HEATHCOTE, Martin Lewis (same surname) appointed 2022-04-29. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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 20 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Heathcote Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Heathcote Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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COUNTRYSTYLE GROUP LIMITED
This company · 05675117
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Heathcote Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/05/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Thh 2019 Limitedceased 01/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Trevor Lewis Heathcoteceased 01/05/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210
Registered office
Stanford Bridge Farm Station Road
Pluckley
Ashford
TN27 0RU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
HEATHCOTE, Martin Lewis→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2022-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HEATHCOTE, Trevor Lewis→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUTLER-GALLIE, Stuart→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-03-06 · resigned 2023-03-31
HEATHCOTE, June Dorothy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2010-06-11
WHEELER, Tim→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-06-13 · resigned 2012-10-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2006-01-13
HEATHCOTE, June Dorothy→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2020-03-09
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC as Security Agent | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/12/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/02/2022 | 17/12/2024 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 10/03/2020 | 23/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/12/2016 | 23/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/12/2016 | 23/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 08/03/2016 | 23/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Centric Spv 1 Centric Spv 1 Limited | Composite guarantee and debentures | 1 property | 12/10/2012 | 03/12/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/04/2010 | 27/10/2012 |
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Recent filings (95 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-07-13
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-31