100-111 HOLMBURY GROVE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04102439 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 (69/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Profit before tax—£-444
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2025-10-24
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    STEEL, Malcolm Ian Lawrence resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-24
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  4. 2025-10-24
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-10-24
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-10-24
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    address · AD01
  7. 2025-10-01
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    HINDWOODS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2025-08-29
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  9. 2024-08-29
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  10. 2023-08-04
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  11. 2022-08-23
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  12. 2021-08-27
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  13. 2020-08-26
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  14. 2019-07-19
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  15. 2018-08-28
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  16. 2017-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-09
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    BLACKWOOD, Colin Simon resigned
    director
  18. 2010-02-22
    ➖
    NELSON, Christopher David John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-02-22
    ➖
    GREENFIELD, Ian James resigned
    director
  20. 2010-02-22
    ➖
    NELSON, Christopher David John resigned
    director
  21. 2008-03-28
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    GREENFIELD, Ian James appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-03
    ➖
    MOYLE, Robert Charles Murray resigned
    director
  23. 2006-04-27
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    MOYLE, Robert Charles Murray appointed
    director
  24. 2006-04-27
    ➖
    RYDER, Philip Laurence resigned
    director
  25. 2005-10-19
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    FULCHER, William Robert resigned
    director
  26. 2005-10-19
    ➕
    RYDER, Philip Laurence appointed
    director
  27. 2001-10-10
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Jill Barbara appointed
    director
  28. 2001-10-10
    ➕
    BLACKWOOD, Colin Simon appointed
    director
  29. 2001-10-10
    ➕
    STEEL, Malcolm Ian Lawrence appointed
    director
  30. 2000-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As 100-111 HOLMBURY GROVE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
  31. 2000-11-06
    ➕
    NELSON, Christopher David John appointed
    secretary
  32. 2000-11-06
    ➕
    FULCHER, William Robert appointed
    director
  33. 2000-11-06
    ➕
    NELSON, Christopher David John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Hindwoods Ltd
9 Dreadnought Walk
London
SE10 9FP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

HINDWOODS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Jill Barbara→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NELSON, Christopher David John→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-06 · resigned 2010-02-22
Resigned
BLACKWOOD, Colin Simon→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-10-10 · resigned 2015-03-09
Resigned
FULCHER, William Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-11-06 · resigned 2005-10-19
Resigned
GREENFIELD, Ian James→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2010-02-22
Resigned
MOYLE, Robert Charles Murray→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2008-03-03
Resigned
NELSON, Christopher David John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-11-06 · resigned 2010-02-22
Resigned
RYDER, Philip Laurence→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned
STEEL, Malcolm Ian Lawrence→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-10-10 · resigned 2025-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-18
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23