42/43 HYTHE HILL FREEHOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06345449 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-16

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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2024-05-20
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2023-05-16
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2022-05-17
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2021-05-28
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2020-05-11
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2020-01-22
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2020-01-22
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officers · CH01
2020-01-20
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address · AD01
2020-01-18
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DOBSON, Neil Edward appointed
director
2020-01-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-01-18
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2020-01-18
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2020-01-18
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officers · CH01
2020-01-18
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officers · TM01
2020-01-18
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officers · TM02
2020-01-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-01-16
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DOBSON, Jacqueline Clair appointed
secretary
2020-01-16
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ARROWSMITH, Sally Ann resigned
secretary
2020-01-16
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ARROWSMITH, John Michael resigned
director
2019-05-20
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2007-08-16
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Company incorporated
As 42/43 HYTHE HILL FREEHOLD LIMITED
2007-08-16
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CLEMENTS, Robert Henry appointed
director
2007-08-16
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DOBSON, Jacqueline Clair appointed
director
2007-08-16
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HAMMOND, Graeme Thomas appointed
director
2007-08-16
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STORRIE, Martina Claudia appointed
director
2007-08-16
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ARROWSMITH, Sally Ann appointed
secretary
2007-08-16
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ARROWSMITH, John Michael appointed
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

-5 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 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Neil Dobson Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/01/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Michael Arrowsmithceased 16/01/2020· significant influence

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

Incorporated2007-08-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Middleborough House

16 Middleborough

Colchester

Essex

CO1 1QT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-30

Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

DOBSON, Jacqueline Clair→

secretary · appointed 2020-01-16

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Active

CLEMENTS, Robert Henry→

director · ~83y · appointed 2007-08-16

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Active

DOBSON, Jacqueline Clair→

director · ~53y · appointed 2007-08-16

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Active

DOBSON, Neil Edward→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-01-18

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Active

HAMMOND, Graeme Thomas→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-08-16

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Active

STORRIE, Martina Claudia→

director · ~63y · appointed 2007-08-16

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Active

ARROWSMITH, Sally Ann→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-16 · resigned 2020-01-16

Resigned

ARROWSMITH, John Michael→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-08-16 · resigned 2020-01-16

Resigned

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