CH PROPERTY TRUSTEE AYERS HODGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07627235 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-09

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 Dec 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 activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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WAKEFORD, Helen Mary appointed
director
2026-06-01
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DARVILL, Paul Andrew resigned
director
2026-06-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-31
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BONNEYWELL, David resigned
director
2022-10-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-04
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-25
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MUIR, Graham Macdonald resigned
director
2021-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-11-29
➕
BONNEYWELL, David appointed
director
2019-11-29
➕
DARVILL, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2019-11-29
➕
MUIR, Graham Macdonald appointed
director
2019-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2011-05-09
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Company incorporated
As CH PROPERTY TRUSTEE AYERS HODGES LIMITED
2011-05-09
➕
LINLEY, Joanne appointed
secretary
2011-05-09
➕
HODGES, Anthony Ayers appointed
director
2011-05-09
➕
HODGES, Joan Marion appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HODGES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

The Pensions Partnership Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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The Pensions Partnership Limited

Corporate parent · board control

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CH PROPERTY TRUSTEE AYERS HODGES LIMITED

This company · 07627235

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Pensions Partnership Limited Corporate entity	—	—	board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest	09/05/2017

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

Incorporated2011-05-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Suites B& C, First Floor Milford House

43-55 Milford Street

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP1 2BP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

LINLEY, Joanne→

secretary · appointed 2011-05-09

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Active

HODGES, Anthony Ayers→

director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-09

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Active

HODGES, Joan Marion→

director · ~82y · appointed 2011-05-09

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Active

WAKEFORD, Helen Mary→

director · ~55y · appointed 2026-06-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BONNEYWELL, David→

director · ~57y · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2022-10-31

Resigned

DARVILL, Paul Andrew→

director · ~57y · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2026-06-01

Resigned

MUIR, Graham Macdonald→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2022-03-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-06-01

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-06-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-09-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-01-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-09-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-05-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-11-01

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-10-18

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-17