A HORNE PROPERTIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC377750 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£713.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
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
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £713,017

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£713k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£174k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£143k£285k£428k£570k£713kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£714.5k£638.5k
Current assets£174.1k£109.1k
Net assets£713.0k£632.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-09
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-01-01
    ➕
    HORNE, Adam appointed
    director
  7. 2025-01-01
    ➕
    HORNE, Alison appointed
    director
  8. 2025-01-01
    ➕
    SHARPE, Karen Horne appointed
    director
  9. 2024-03-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2024-03-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-10-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2020-10-15
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  21. 2013-08-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2013-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2010-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As A HORNE PROPERTIES LTD.
  24. 2010-04-29
    ➕
    HORNE, Andrew John appointed
    director
  25. 2010-04-29
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2010-04-29
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-04-29
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  28. 2010-04-29
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HORNE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HORNE, Adam (same surname) appointed 2025-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Horne
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2020
Mr Andrew John Horne
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street
Tain
Ross-Shire
IV19 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HORNE, Adam→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORNE, Alison→
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORNE, Andrew John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARPE, Karen Horne→
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-29 · resigned 2010-04-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-04-29 · resigned 2010-04-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property14/08/2013—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property30/07/201327/03/2024
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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26