H J HILL SETTLEMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09385302 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 64991Security dealing on own account
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-04📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-15🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-07-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-05-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-05-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-05-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-05-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-03-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Tabbatha Sharon Cannon
- 2015-01-12🏢Company incorporatedAs H J HILL SETTLEMENT LIMITED
- 2015-01-12➕HILL, Clare Anne appointeddirector
- 2015-01-12➕HILL, Duncan James Stanier appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HILL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Frederick Tobias Stanier Hill Individual · British · DOB 12/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/10/2025 |
George John Edye Hill Individual · British · DOB 03/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/10/2025 |
Mrs Clare Anne Hill Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2020 |
Duncan James Stanier Hill Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Timothy Jay Jonesceased 12/04/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEC EQUINE SUPPLEMENTS LTD→ 11690832 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| EM & AM LIVESTOCK LTD→ 15934572 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FIELDS FARM ASHLEY LTD→ 07512737 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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| G HOLMES (SUTTON) LIMITED→ 16892608 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| G J HEAPS LTD→ 12205799 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| G.WHITFIELD & SON LIMITED→ 00754214 · est 1963 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 63y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100
Registered office
Coates Farm
Stanton Long
Much Wenlock
Shropshire
TF13 6LQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HILL, Clare Anne→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HILL, Duncan James Stanier→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-01-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Tabbatha Sharon Cannon / Joyce Teresa Cannon / James Eric Cannon / James Paul Cannon | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/03/2016 | 15/09/2023 |
Recent filings (42 total)
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22