HEADLAND HOUSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
10192936 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-21
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 May 2025
Net worth
£50
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £50

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£50
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-29
Total assets£50
Net assets£50

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-12
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    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2016-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As HEADLAND HOUSE LTD
  18. 2016-05-21
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Ian Philip appointed
    director
  19. 2016-05-21
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Judy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
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.
  • 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 Ian Knight
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/05/2016
Mrs Judy Knight
Individual · British · DOB 12/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

1 Headland House
Falmouth Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2NG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KNIGHT, Ian Philip→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-05-21
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Active
KNIGHT, Judy→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-05-21
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-02