8HOMES (SEATON) LTD

🌱Startupactive
16330089 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-20
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-01
    HILL, James Russell resigned
    director
  3. 2025-03-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 8HOMES (SEATON) LTD
  4. 2025-03-20
    HILL, Martin Russell John appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-20
    HILL, James Russell appointed
    director
  6. 2025-03-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

8 Tech Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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8 Tech Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
8HOMES (SEATON) LTD
This company · 16330089

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
8 Tech Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

5 Barnfield Crescent
Exeter
EX1 1QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HILL, Martin Russell John
director · ~70y · appointed 2025-03-20
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Active
HILL, James Russell
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-03-20 · resigned 2026-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-20