HIGHGROUNDMAINTENANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05916855 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-25
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: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
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.

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£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees900900

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-07
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    address · AD01
  4. 2025-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2019-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-10-31
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    JENKINS, Gareth David resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-10-31
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    JENKINS, Gareth David resigned
    director
  18. 2012-10-31
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    PARRY, Desmond Gwyn resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGHGROUNDMAINTENANCE LIMITED
  20. 2006-08-25
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    LEWIS, Michael Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-25
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    JENKINS, Gareth David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-08-25
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    JENKINS, Gareth David appointed
    director
  23. 2006-08-25
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    PARRY, Desmond Gwyn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mr Michael Richard Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Rose Cottage Penbont Road
Talgarth
Brecon
Powys
LD3 0DA
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

LEWIS, Michael Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENKINS, Gareth David→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-25 · resigned 2012-10-31
Resigned
JENKINS, Gareth David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-08-25 · resigned 2012-10-31
Resigned
PARRY, Desmond Gwyn→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-08-25 · resigned 2012-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-30