HAVERCROFT NOMINEES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02396885 · ltd · incorporated 1989-06-20

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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2025-08-01
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2024-08-21
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2023-09-22
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2022-09-26
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2021-09-28
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2020-12-10
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2019-05-30
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accounts · AA
2018-07-11
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officers · TM01
2018-07-03
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accounts · AA
2018-05-04
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PEDDER, Matthew David resigned
director
2017-05-19
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accounts · AA
2016-09-01
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accounts · AA
2015-12-14
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officers · AP01
2015-12-07
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PEDDER, Matthew David appointed
director
2015-09-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-18
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PEDDER, Matthew David resigned
director
2011-11-23
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MACDONALD, David Charles appointed
secretary
2011-11-23
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WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent resigned
secretary
2011-11-23
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MCILWEE, Frank Edward resigned
director
2011-11-23
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WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent resigned
director
2007-10-01
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MACDONALD, David Charles appointed
director
2007-10-01
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PEDDER, Matthew David appointed
director
2007-10-01
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WOLSTENHOLME, Anne resigned
director
1998-05-01
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MCILWEE, Frank Edward appointed
director
1989-06-20
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Company incorporated
As HAVERCROFT NOMINEES LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Charles Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1989-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Martlet House E1, Yeoman Gate

Yeoman Way

Worthing

West Sussex

BN13 3QZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MACDONALD, David Charles→

secretary · appointed 2011-11-23

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Active

MACDONALD, David Charles→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-10-01

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Active

WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent→

secretary · resigned 2011-11-23

Resigned

MCILWEE, Frank Edward→

director · ~73y · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 2011-11-23

Resigned

PEDDER, Matthew David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-12-07 · resigned 2018-05-04

Resigned

PEDDER, Matthew David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2015-07-18

Resigned

WOLSTENHOLME, Anne→

director · ~82y · resigned 2007-10-01

Resigned

WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent→

director · ~83y · resigned 2011-11-23

Resigned

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