HARCOURT DEVELOPMENTS & INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06389240 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-03
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 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£280
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £280

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£280
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£56£112£168£224£280Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£280£280
Debtors£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£280£280

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-11-25
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    DOHERTY, John Paul appointed
    director
  3. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2017-08-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2017-08-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Epf Acquisition Co 65 S.a R.L.
  16. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-02-27
    ➖
    LANGDON, Robert Martin resigned
    director
  19. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    REDDINGTON, Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    DOHERTY, Nicholas Adam appointed
    director
  21. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    DOHERTY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  22. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    POWER, Patrick John appointed
    director
  23. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    C H REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    LANGDON, Robert Martin appointed
    director
  25. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    RICKMAN, Bryan Colin resigned
    director
  26. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    SETHI, Nishi resigned
    director
  27. 2007-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As HARCOURT DEVELOPMENTS & INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
  28. 2007-10-03
    ➕
    C H REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2007-10-03
    ➕
    RICKMAN, Bryan Colin appointed
    director
  30. 2007-10-03
    ➕
    SETHI, Nishi 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
  • -4 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 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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

Group structure

Harcourt Developments Unlimited Company holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Harcourt Developments Unlimited Company
Corporate parent
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HARCOURT DEVELOPMENTS & INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
This company · 06389240

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Harcourt Developments Unlimited Company
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Goodier Smith & Watts Devonshire House
Manor Way
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 1QQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

REDDINGTON, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-04
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Active
DOHERTY, John Paul→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-11-25
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Active
DOHERTY, Nicholas Adam→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-10-04
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Active
DOHERTY, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~84y · appointed 2007-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWER, Patrick John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
C H REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-03 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned
LANGDON, Robert Martin→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-10-04 · resigned 2012-02-27
Resigned
RICKMAN, Bryan Colin→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-10-03 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned
SETHI, Nishi→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-10-03 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Epf Acquisition Co 65 S.a R.L.
A registered charge—04/08/2017—
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Recent filings (58 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30