23 TITHE BARN STREET HORBURY (MANAGEMENT COMPANY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05903650 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-11
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,057
Net assets shrinking
Down £683 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£348£696£1k£1k£2kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£1.1k£1.7k
Current assets£1.1k£1.7k
Net assets£1.1k£1.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2024-04-22
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  4. 2022-10-27
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  5. 2022-01-25
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  6. 2020-11-24
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  7. 2019-10-28
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  8. 2019-01-21
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  9. 2017-09-11
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  10. 2016-09-12
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  11. 2016-08-16
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2016-07-01
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    BLADES, Simon Logan appointed
    director
  13. 2016-06-14
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2016-06-10
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    JAMIESON, Karen resigned
    director
  15. 2016-02-22
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  16. 2015-08-13
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  17. 2015-08-13
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2015-03-12
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    BLADES, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 2015-03-12
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    CUTTELL, John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-11-28
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    SWIFT, Dennis appointed
    director
  21. 2012-10-11
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    FOZZARD, Margaret resigned
    director
  22. 2006-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 23 TITHE BARN STREET HORBURY (MANAGEMENT COMPANY) LIMITED
  23. 2006-08-11
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    CUTTELL, John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-08-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-08-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-08-11
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    FOZZARD, Margaret appointed
    director
  27. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Karen appointed
    director
  28. 2006-08-11
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2006-08-11
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-08-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  31. 2006-08-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

18 Hall Cliffe Road
Horbury
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 6BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BLADES, Elizabeth Ann→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-12
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Active
BLADES, Simon Logan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-07-01
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Active
SWIFT, Dennis→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUTTELL, John→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2015-03-12
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2006-08-11
Resigned
FOZZARD, Margaret→
director · ~99y · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2012-10-11
Resigned
JAMIESON, Karen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2016-06-10
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2006-08-11
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2006-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2025-10-31
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2025-08-11
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2024-10-24
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2024-08-13
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accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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2023-08-11
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accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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2022-08-16
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accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-16
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accounts · AA
2019-01-21