BERNARD HOOPER ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01312643 · ltd · incorporated 1977-05-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£-8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of engines and turbines (except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines)
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 71200Technical testing and analysis
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,429

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£8k
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£9k-£221£9k£17k£26k£35kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-8.4k£-9.1k
Current assets£35.2k£34.5k
Net assets£-8.4k£-9.1k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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  2. 2025-01-06
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  3. 2024-01-17
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  4. 2023-02-16
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  5. 2022-02-18
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  6. 2021-05-25
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  7. 2020-02-20
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  8. 2019-02-05
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  9. 2018-02-14
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  10. 2017-01-27
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  11. 2016-03-20
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  12. 2016-01-29
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  13. 2015-10-13
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2015-03-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-02-24
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2015-01-28
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    HOOPER, Pamela Dorothy resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-01-28
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    HOOPER, Pamela Dorothy resigned
    director
  18. 2012-11-16
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    HOOPER, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  19. 1997-09-14
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    HOOPER, Bernard resigned
    director
  20. 1977-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BERNARD HOOPER ENGINEERING 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 "HOOPER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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 Nicholas John Hooper
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm 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
Incorporated1977-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28110 — Manufacture of engines and turbines (except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines)

Registered office

86 York Avenue
Finchfield
Wolverhampton
WV3 9BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HOOPER, Nicholas John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOPER, Peter Russell, Dr→
director · ~64y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOPER, Pamela Dorothy→
secretary · resigned 2015-01-28
Resigned
HOOPER, Bernard→
director · ~98y · resigned 1997-09-14
Resigned
HOOPER, Pamela Dorothy→
director · ~100y · resigned 2015-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-01
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accounts · AA
2026-02-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
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accounts · AA
2023-02-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-01