2 RONALD HILL GROVE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07319813 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-20
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£200£400£600£800£1kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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

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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-28
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    SCOTT, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  5. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-08-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2017-08-02
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-08-02
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-08-01
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    SCOTT, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2017-06-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-06-16
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    BENNETT, Christine resigned
    director
  20. 2017-06-01
    ➖
    RICHMAN, Rikkii Lee resigned
    director
  21. 2016-11-21
    ➕
    STUART, Marry Georgina appointed
    director
  22. 2016-11-21
    ➕
    STUART, Michael Hillier, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    BENNETT, Christine appointed
    director
  24. 2010-10-01
    ➖
    WALLMARK, Christel Marianne resigned
    director
  25. 2010-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 2 RONALD HILL GROVE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  26. 2010-07-20
    ➕
    DAVIS, Elaheh Darbandi appointed
    director
  27. 2010-07-20
    ➕
    GARDNER, Nicola appointed
    director
  28. 2010-07-20
    ➕
    RICHMAN, Rikkii Lee appointed
    director
  29. 2010-07-20
    ➕
    WALLMARK, Christel Marianne 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Elaheh Darbandi Davis
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/07/2017

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
Incorporated2010-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

153 Tankerville Drive
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 3DB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

DAVIS, Elaheh Darbandi→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARDNER, Nicola→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STUART, Marry Georgina→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STUART, Michael Hillier, Dr→
director · ~88y · appointed 2016-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENNETT, Christine→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2017-06-16
Resigned
RICHMAN, Rikkii Lee→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-07-20 · resigned 2017-06-01
Resigned
SCOTT, Elizabeth→
director · ~86y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2024-08-28
Resigned
WALLMARK, Christel Marianne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-07-20 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23