Private business holdings
Majority and minority stakes in established, profitable Australian operating companies — trades, light manufacturing, distribution and services.
Private investment company · Victoria, Australia
Patient capital for established businesses and property in regional Victoria.
HMH Investing Pty Ltd acquires and holds long-term interests in operating businesses, commercial and rural property, and listed assets on its own account.
ABN 97 701 390 589 · ACN 701 390 589 · Registered in VIC, postcode 3875
Our position
We buy to keep, not to flip.
Three things shape every decision this company makes about where its capital goes.
01 / Horizon
No exit clock
There is no fund life to satisfy and no investor redemption date. A holding stays for as long as it earns its place on the balance sheet.
02 / Capital
Our own money
HMH Investing commits its own capital. That removes the syndication step and lets a decision be made and settled without an external approval chain.
03 / Continuity
The business keeps running
We back the people already operating the asset. Ownership changes hands; the trading name, the crew and the customers usually do not.
What we do
Where the capital goes
A concentrated set of holdings across private businesses, real property and listed markets — each reviewed on its own merits.
Commercial & rural property
Freehold acquisition and long-term tenancy of commercial and rural land holdings, held for income and for the ground itself.
Listed & cash portfolio
The company's treasury — listed securities and cash reserves held to fund the next acquisition and to carry holdings through slow years.
The process
From first conversation to settled holding
Five stages, in order. Most approaches are answered inside a week, and a vendor knows where they stand before any accountant is engaged.
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Stage 01
Approach
You write to us, or an adviser does on your behalf, with what the business or property is and roughly what you are hoping happens to it.
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Stage 02
Fit assessment
We say yes or no to a closer look, quickly. A clear early no is worth more to a vendor than a polite maybe carried for three months.
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Stage 03
Review
Financial statements, lease and title documents, plant and stock, and a conversation with whoever actually runs the day-to-day.
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Stage 04
Terms and settlement
A written offer with the structure, the timing and any hand-over period set out plainly, then settlement through both parties' solicitors.
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Stage 05
Stewardship
The holding joins the portfolio: records kept, ASIC and tax obligations met, and the operating team supported rather than replaced.
The company
A small holding company, run from regional Victoria
HMH Investing Pty Ltd is an Australian proprietary company registered in Victoria under ACN 701 390 589. It exists to own things for a long time: shares in private operating businesses, freehold land and buildings, and a listed portfolio that keeps the company liquid between acquisitions.
Being based outside a capital city is deliberate. The businesses and properties we understand best are the ones that keep regional Victoria working — the workshops, yards, sheds and shopfronts that have traded through more than one cycle and are now looking at what happens next.
We are not a fund, we are not selling anything, and we have no product to place. If a proposal is not right for us, we will tell you that in plain terms and you will have lost nothing but an email.
Registration
Who you are dealing with
Every detail below can be checked against the public ABN and ASIC registers before you send us anything.
Company record
Australian registered
Registered name
HMH Investing Pty Ltd
Entity type
Australian proprietary company
ABN
97 701 390 589
ACN
701 390 589
State & postcode
VIC 3875
Correspondence
[email protected]
Have something you are thinking of selling?
Tell us what it is and what you want to happen to it. One email is enough to start.