CANDOUR CARE SERVICES (HILLCREST) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08034606 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-17
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 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£132.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 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
75
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £132,124
Net assets shrinking
Down £209,232 YoY
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£550k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£132k
↓ 61% YoY
Current Assets
£591k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £145.1k | £358.8k |
| Current assets | £591.5k | £521.3k |
| Cash | £550.2k | £487.7k |
| Debtors | £41.3k | £33.7k |
| Net assets | £132.1k | £341.4k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-10-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-06-19➕FERNANDES, Davina Mariana appointedsecretary
- 2023-06-19➖FERNANDES, Ai Bee resignedsecretary
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-06-13➕FERNANDES, Darius John appointeddirector
- 2017-06-13➕FERNANDES, Davina Mariana appointeddirector
- 2012-07-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2012-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CANDOUR CARE SERVICES (HILLCREST) LIMITED
- 2012-04-17➕FERNANDES, Rosario Angelo appointeddirector
- 2012-04-17➕FERNANDES, Ai Bee appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Candour Care Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Candour Care Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CANDOUR CARE SERVICES (HILLCREST) LIMITED
This company · 08034606
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Candour Care Services Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Registered office
Wren House
68 London Road
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 1NG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
FERNANDES, Davina Mariana→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-06-19
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FERNANDES, Darius John→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-06-13
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FERNANDES, Davina Mariana→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2017-06-13
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FERNANDES, Rosario Angelo→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2012-04-17
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FERNANDES, Ai Bee→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-04-17 · resigned 2023-06-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/07/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19