HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH

🌳Matureactive

06181631 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2007-03-23

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 18.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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officers · CH01
2025-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2024-06-15
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officers · AP01
2024-06-15
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officers · TM01
2024-06-09
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ONWUZURUMBA, Vanessa Mne appointed
director
2024-06-09
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MAINA, Caroline Koki resigned
director
2023-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-04
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officers · AP01
2018-04-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-04-04
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officers · AP01
2018-03-23
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officers · TM02
2018-01-30
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HIRSCHI, Raphael appointed
director
2018-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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MAINA, Caroline Koki appointed
director
2017-04-04
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TIMBEY, Christopher resigned
secretary
2017-04-04
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TIMBEY, Christopher resigned
director
2013-09-09
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ROCHESTER, Sasha Gail appointed
director
2013-09-09
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TELLWRIGHT, Janet appointed
director
2013-09-09
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ROCHESTER, Joseph resigned
director
2012-09-17
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BRAYSHAW, Philip Ian appointed
director
2012-05-27
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SMITH, Sean John resigned
secretary
2012-05-27
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TIMBEY, Christopher appointed
secretary
2012-05-27
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SMITH, Sean John resigned
director
2012-04-16
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ROCHESTER, Joseph appointed
director
2011-09-17
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-09-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-08-17
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2011-05-16
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ROCHESTER, Matthew resigned
director
2011-03-07
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TIMBEY, Christopher appointed
director
2010-07-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2009-05-01
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PERRY, Steven Mark resigned
director
2008-06-11
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SMITH, Sean John resigned
director
2008-06-11
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SMITH, Sean John resigned
director
2008-06-10
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SMITH, Sean John appointed
secretary
2008-06-10
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SMITH, Sean John appointed
director
2008-05-01
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PERRY, Steven Mark resigned
secretary
2008-05-01
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BEECH, Geoffery resigned
director
2008-05-01
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ROCHESTER, Matthew appointed
director
2008-01-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2007-09-12
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BEECH, Geoffery appointed
director
2007-03-27
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POXON, Karen appointed
director
2007-03-27
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn resigned
secretary
2007-03-27
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PERRY, Steven Mark appointed
secretary
2007-03-27
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APATA, Motunrayo Abike resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Karen Poxon Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/06/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2007-03-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

Hope Community Church Upper Huntbach Street

Hanley

Stoke-On-Trent

Staffordshire

ST1 2BX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-27

Last: 2026-03-13