H.S.C.G. LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02457276 · ltd · incorporated 1990-01-08
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 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.14M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.0y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,141,368
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£221k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£716k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.12M | £2.10M |
| Current assets | £716.0k | £705.2k |
| Cash | £220.9k | £175.3k |
| Debtors | £495.1k | £529.9k |
| Net assets | £1.14M | £1.13M |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2022-05-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2022-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-01-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-04-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-18➕NELSON, Archie Patrick appointeddirector
- 2021-03-18➕NELSON, Thomas Phillip appointeddirector
- 2021-03-18➕NELSON, William Frederick appointeddirector
- 1990-01-08🏢Company incorporatedAs H.S.C.G. LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Phillip William Nelson Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/01/2020 |
Mary-Lucy Nelson Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Magma House 16 Davy Court
Castle Mound Way
Rugby
CV23 0UZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08
Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)
Active
NELSON, Archie Patrick→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2021-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
NELSON, Thomas Phillip→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2021-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NELSON, William Frederick→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-03-18
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/05/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/05/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (114 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31