HB VILLAGES DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09094513 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-19

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

25 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-09-19
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2024-06-19
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accounts · AA
2023-08-10
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address · AD01
2023-07-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-20
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officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-09-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-23
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accounts · AA
2022-08-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
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officers · AP01
2021-01-22
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officers · AP01
2021-01-22
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officers · AP01
2021-01-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-01-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-11
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officers · TM01
2021-01-08
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CARROLL, Oliver John appointed
director
2021-01-08
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GRAHAM, Beverley Charlotte appointed
director
2021-01-08
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MACKRELL, Neil Alister appointed
director
2020-12-24
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SHERIDAN, Clare resigned
secretary
2020-12-24
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BRESLIN, Steven Mark resigned
director
2020-12-24
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COLEBY, Steve resigned
director
2020-12-24
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GOUGH, David Edward resigned
director
2020-07-03
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SHEEHAN, Alastair Peter resigned
director
2020-03-25
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BRESLIN, Steven Mark appointed
director
2020-03-25
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COLEBY, Steve appointed
director
2020-03-25
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GOUGH, David Edward appointed
director
2020-03-25
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LANE, David George resigned
director
2019-04-23
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TOWE, Nicholas Ralph resigned
director
2019-03-04
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SCENNA, Lisa resigned
director
2018-11-19
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SCENNA, Lisa appointed
director
2018-08-08
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LANE, David George appointed
director
2018-08-08
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POWELL, Andrew John resigned
director
2017-07-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Supported Housing Investment Limited Partnership Acting by Its General Partner Supported Housing Investment Partnership (Gp) Limited
2016-09-21
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GOURLAY, Alastair Graham resigned
director
2015-04-27
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FITZSIMONS, Neil Geoffrey resigned
director
2015-01-30
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POWELL, Andrew John appointed
director
2014-06-19
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Company incorporated
As HB VILLAGES DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
2014-06-19
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GRAHAM, Howard Buchanan appointed
director
2014-06-19
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WRIGLEY, Jonathan Hayes appointed
director
2014-06-19
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SHERIDAN, Clare appointed
secretary
2014-06-19
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FITZSIMONS, Neil Geoffrey appointed
director
2014-06-19
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GOURLAY, Alastair Graham appointed
director
2014-06-19
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SHEEHAN, Alastair Peter appointed
director
2014-06-19
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TOWE, Nicholas Ralph appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

H B Villages Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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H B Villages Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HB VILLAGES DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

This company · 09094513

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
H B Villages Ltd 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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-06-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Suite 1, 25 King Street

Knutsford

Cheshire

WA16 6DW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20