A. HUGH WALKER (LEEDS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00345223 · ltd · incorporated 1938-10-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 62.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 62.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 62.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Average employees300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-04-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-03-31
    ➕
    BICKERDIKE, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-03-21
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    BICKERDIKE, Jonathon Peter George appointed
    director
  19. 2002-02-27
    ➕
    BICKERDIKE, Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-02-27
    ➖
    BICKERDIKE, Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-02-27
    ➖
    BICKERDIKE, Peter resigned
    director
  22. 2000-11-30
    ➕
    BICKERDIKE, Karen appointed
    director
  23. 2000-11-30
    ➖
    BICKERDIKE, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  24. 1995-10-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 1995-10-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 1992-01-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  27. 1963-11-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank LTD
  28. 1938-10-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. HUGH WALKER (LEEDS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 88 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Bickerdike
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1938-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Kingfisher Court Plaxton Bridge Road
Woodmansey
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 0RT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BICKERDIKE, Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BICKERDIKE, Geoffrey→
director · ~75y · appointed 2022-03-31
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Active
BICKERDIKE, Jonathon Peter George→
director · ~35y · appointed 2012-03-21
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Active
BICKERDIKE, Karen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BICKERDIKE, Peter→
secretary · resigned 2002-02-27
Resigned
BICKERDIKE, Geoffrey→
director · ~75y · resigned 2000-11-30
Resigned
BICKERDIKE, Peter→
director · ~103y · resigned 2002-02-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/01/199220/10/1995
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank LTD
Debenture1 property27/11/196320/10/1995

Recent filings (111 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25