WINDMILL HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07310495 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-09
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-7.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,773

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£8k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£60
↓ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k-£6k-£5k-£3k-£1k£266Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-7.8k£-7.4k
Current assets£60£266
Net assets£-7.8k£-7.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-16
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-05-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-05-05
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    GUPTA, Atul Kumar appointed
    director
  14. 2019-05-05
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Matthew Seymour appointed
    director
  15. 2018-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-11
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2017-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-13
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    CABLE, James Seymour appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-06-13
    ➕
    CABLE, James Seymour appointed
    director
  20. 2016-06-13
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    YOUNG, Jennifer Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2016-06-13
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    YOUNG, Jennifer Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2010-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As WINDMILL HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED
  23. 2010-07-09
    ➕
    YOUNG, Kenneth Niall appointed
    director
  24. 2010-07-09
    ➕
    YOUNG, Jennifer Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-07-09
    ➕
    YOUNG, Jennifer Anne appointed
    director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Seymour Cable
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/07/2016
Mr Kenneth Niall Young
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/07/2016

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
Incorporated2010-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Michaelmas House
Southtown
West Pennard
Somerset
BA6 8NS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

CABLE, James Seymour→
secretary · appointed 2016-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CABLE, James Seymour→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUPTA, Atul Kumar→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Matthew Seymour→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Kenneth Niall→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Jennifer Anne→
secretary · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2016-06-13
Resigned
YOUNG, Jennifer Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2016-06-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-28