HEIGHTS (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01821925 · ltd · incorporated 1984-06-05

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 13 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

21 live charges · 12 lenders · oldest 41.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 41.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 12 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

21 charges (21/21 with lender, 21/21 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

210 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	29	3000

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

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3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-31
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Charge satisfied #18
2024-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-16
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Gary Jones and Susan Jones
2023-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-01
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Gary Jones and Susan Jones
2022-12-01
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Gary Jones and Susan Jones
2022-06-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-28
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BARRANS, John David appointed
director
2022-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-29
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Charge registered #18
Lender: M S a Engineering Systems Limited
2021-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-19
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Charge satisfied #14
2016-07-19
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Charge satisfied #13
2014-03-27
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Susan Jones
2014-03-27
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Susan Jones
2013-05-31
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GARRITY, David resigned
director
2012-09-30
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NORMAN, Kevin Peter resigned
director
2011-08-01
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JONES, Morgan appointed
director
2011-08-01
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ROBINSON, Elinor appointed
director
2011-04-15
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2010-03-11
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Glenconner Limited
2009-08-27
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Charge satisfied #11
2009-06-03
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JONES, Susan appointed
secretary
2009-06-03
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GRANT, Mark Alexander resigned
secretary
2009-06-03
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GRANT, Mark Alexander resigned
director
2005-11-04
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD (the Security Holder)
2005-10-13
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-07-05
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NORMAN, Kevin Peter appointed
director
2004-06-28
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BRIAN, Andrew Peter resigned
director
2004-01-28
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GRANT, Mark Alexander appointed
director
2004-01-23
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JONES, Susan appointed
director
2003-12-15
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JACKSON, David resigned
director
2003-10-31
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DRAPER, Richard Alfred resigned
secretary
2003-10-31
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GRANT, Mark Alexander appointed
secretary
2003-10-31
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DRAPER, Richard Alfred resigned
director
2003-04-24
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JACKSON, David appointed
director
2002-09-27
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Charge registered #11
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

7 live charges

low

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

Group structure

Gh (Halifax) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gh (Halifax) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HEIGHTS (U.K.) LIMITED

This company · 01821925

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gh (Halifax) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gary Jonesceased 01/06/2016· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
Mrs Susan Jonesceased 01/06/2016· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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

Incorporated1984-06-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290

Registered office

Wainstalls Mill

Wainstalls

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX2 7TJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31