B.G. HICKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01138100 · ltd · incorporated 1973-10-05
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 52.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 52.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 52.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-11-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2016-07-15
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  16. 2015-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-03-21
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    HICKS, George resigned
    director
  18. 2008-01-18
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 1995-11-19
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    HICKS, Violet resigned
    director
  20. 1989-06-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  21. 1989-03-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  22. 1974-05-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  23. 1973-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As B.G. HICKS LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HICKS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian George Hicks
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/09/2016
Mr Terance Frederick Hicks
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Langland Road
Reevesland Industrial Estate
Newport
South Wales
NP19 4PT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HICKS, Brian George→
secretary
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKS, Brian George→
director · ~73y
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Active
HICKS, Terence Frederick→
director · ~77y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKS, George→
director · ~103y · resigned 2011-03-21
Resigned
HICKS, Violet→
director · ~97y · resigned 1995-11-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/07/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property18/01/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property07/06/1989—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property16/03/1989—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage2 properties16/05/1974—
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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31