106 MONTGOMERY STREET (HOVE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05757402 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
83 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
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
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-05-30
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  9. 2024-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2024-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  11. 2024-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2024-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  19. 2016-03-28
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    TURNER, Keren Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2012-12-01
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    CAMERON, Roderick Ewen resigned
    director
  21. 2008-07-18
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    TURNER, Keren Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-27
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    STEVENS, Jackie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-05-26
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    HOPKINS, Gail appointed
    director
  24. 2006-05-26
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    HAYES, Neil Anthony resigned
    secretary
  25. 2006-05-26
    ➕
    STEVENS, Jackie appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-05-26
    ➕
    CAMERON, Roderick Ewen appointed
    director
  27. 2006-05-26
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    HOLMES, Matthew Maarten resigned
    director
  28. 2006-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 106 MONTGOMERY STREET (HOVE) LIMITED
  29. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    HAYES, Neil Anthony appointed
    secretary
  30. 2006-03-27
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    STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2006-03-27
    ➖
    STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    HOLMES, Matthew Maarten appointed
    director
  33. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  34. 2006-03-27
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    STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Gail Hopkins
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Bank House
Southwick Square
Southwick
Brighton
BN42 4FN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

HOPKINS, Gail→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYES, Neil Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-05-26
Resigned
STEVENS, Jackie→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-26 · resigned 2008-03-27
Resigned
STL SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27
Resigned
CAMERON, Roderick Ewen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-05-26 · resigned 2012-12-01
Resigned
HOLMES, Matthew Maarten→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-05-26
Resigned
TURNER, Keren Ann→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-07-18 · resigned 2016-03-28
Resigned
STL DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-13