HOOPERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00236497 · ltd · incorporated 1929-01-18
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
26 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-22
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    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  7. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-08
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-12-29
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    THOMPSON, David Brian resigned
    director
  12. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-02-16
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    THOMPSON, Patricia appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-01
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    ANGUS, Debra appointed
    director
  19. 2012-11-28
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    HORTON, Anne Linda resigned
    director
  20. 2007-08-06
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    AYRES, Catherine Anne resigned
    director
  21. 2004-12-01
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    DANT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    director
  23. 2004-12-01
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    TREGASKES, Leon Paul resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    AYRES, Catherine Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    HORTON, Anne Linda appointed
    director
  26. 2004-12-01
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    TREGASKES, Leon Paul resigned
    director
  27. 2002-05-31
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    ALLKINS, Allan Michael resigned
    director
  28. 1997-07-15
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    WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia appointed
    director
  29. 1995-07-03
    ➕
    ALLKINS, Allan Michael appointed
    director
  30. 1995-02-17
    ➖
    HILL, Peter Gerald resigned
    director
  31. 1995-02-17
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    THOMPSON, David Brian appointed
    director
  32. 1929-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As HOOPERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 97 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1940 · age 86
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Brian Thompsonceased 29/12/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1929-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

The Office Cheveley Park Stud
Duchess Drive
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-02-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANGUS, Debra→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-05-01
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Active
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-12-01
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Active
THOMPSON, Patricia→
director · ~86y · appointed 2015-02-16
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Active
WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TREGASKES, Leon Paul→
secretary · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned
ALLKINS, Allan Michael→
director · ~81y · appointed 1995-07-03 · resigned 2002-05-31
Resigned
AYRES, Catherine Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2007-08-06
Resigned
HILL, Peter Gerald→
director · ~73y · resigned 1995-02-17
Resigned
HORTON, Anne Linda→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2012-11-28
Resigned
THOMPSON, David Brian→
director · ~90y · appointed 1995-02-17 · resigned 2020-12-29
Resigned
TREGASKES, Leon Paul→
director · ~66y · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (126 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-08