BILBERRY INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08136701 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£15k-£15k-£15k-£15k-£15k-£15kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£-15.2k
Debtors—£12.1k
Net assets—£-15.2k
Average employees0—

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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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BILBERRY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2012-07-10
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    HILDITCH, Michael Graham appointed
    secretary
  18. 2012-07-10
    ➕
    HILDITCH, Michael Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2012-07-10
    ➕
    HILDITCH, Nicola appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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 Michael Graham Hilditch
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence10/07/2016
Ms Nicola Hilditch
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence10/07/2016

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
Incorporated2012-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Coombe Court
Moretonhampstead
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 8QD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HILDITCH, Michael Graham→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-10
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Active
HILDITCH, Michael Graham→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-07-10
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Active
HILDITCH, Nicola→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-07-10
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-16