4HV PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07384848 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-22
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-27
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    FRENCH, Murray resigned
    director
  10. 2019-06-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-01
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    FRENCH, Murray appointed
    director
  13. 2018-06-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-06-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-06-11
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-04-17
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    FRENCH, Mary Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2010-09-28
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    SYKES, Patrick appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 4HV PROPERTIES LIMITED
  21. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    SYKES, Helen Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    SYKES, Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    FRENCH, Mary Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Patrick Charles Sykes
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
Mrs Helen Jane Sykes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

2 Chesterfield Buildings
Westbourne Place Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1RU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SYKES, Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-28
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Active
SYKES, Helen Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-09-22
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Active
SYKES, Patrick→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRENCH, Mary Anne→
director · ~94y · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2017-04-17
Resigned
FRENCH, Murray→
director · ~99y · appointed 2019-06-01 · resigned 2020-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23