ALFRED HYMAS LIMITED
📈Growthactive
00561990 · ltd · incorporated 1956-02-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).
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Refinance opportunity
33 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 56.3y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 56.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
33 charges (33/33 with lender, 33/33 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
167 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £446,494
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £446.5k | £78.6k |
| Average employees | 108 | 10600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-03-13🔓Charge satisfied #20
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2021-03-31📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2021-03-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #19
- 2019-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #18
- 2019-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2019-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2019-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2019-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #33Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #32Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #31Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #30Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #29Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #28Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #27Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #26Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #25Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #24Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #23Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-30🔒Charge registered #22Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-04-16🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2018-10-09🔒Charge registered #20Lender: Santander Asset Finance PLC
- 2017-02-24🔒Charge registered #19Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2014-03-19➖HYMAS, Maurice Alfred resigneddirector
- 2003-06-09🔒Charge registered #18Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2002-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #7
Showing most recent 50 of 79 events
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "HYMAS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 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
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
13 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stewart Alan Hymas Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1956-02-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Alfred Hymas Limited Great North Road
Sinderby
Thirsk
YO7 4LG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
HYMAS, Stewart Alan→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HYMAS, Robert Alfred→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 1995-05-01
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HYMAS, Stewart Alan→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 1995-05-01
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Active
HYMAS, Dorothy May→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-09-27
HYMAS, Maurice Alfred→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 2014-03-19
WHINCUP, Frank→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 1991-06-15
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Mortgages & charges
33
Total charges
13
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:33 of 33 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 5 properties | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 4 properties | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 30/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/04/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander Asset Finance PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/10/2018 | 13/03/2023 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 24/02/2017 | 03/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 09/06/2003 | 03/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 15/05/2001 | 03/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 15/05/2001 | 03/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 15/05/2001 | 03/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 27/04/2001 | 03/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 18/06/1992 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 18/03/1992 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 19/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/08/1991 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 22/04/1988 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 10/08/1970 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Agricultural Mortgage Corporation . Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD. | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/06/1970 | 26/01/2002 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/03/1970 | 26/01/2002 |
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Recent filings (167 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-13