HBS FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02563425 · ltd · incorporated 1990-11-29
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 33.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.51M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.0 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £1,513,624
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£190k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 21% 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 | £2.66M | £2.62M |
| Current assets | £2.52M | £2.09M |
| Cash | £190.1k | £189.0k |
| Debtors | £850.6k | £1.08M |
| Net assets | £1.51M | £1.32M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 5 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 5 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-06-17🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2026-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-05-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-05-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2011-07-04➕HOPCRAFT, Matthew Lee appointeddirector
- 1997-09-14➕HOPCRAFT, Elizabeth Anne appointedsecretary
- 1997-09-14➕HOPCRAFT, Elizabeth Anne appointeddirector
- 1997-09-14➖BEDWORTH, Donald Keith resignedsecretary
- 1997-09-14➖BEDWORTH, Donald Keith resigneddirector
- 1997-07-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Commercial Services Limited
- 1993-07-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1990-11-29🏢Company incorporatedAs HBS FOODS LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Hopcraft Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Hopcraft Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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HBS FOODS LIMITED
This company · 02563425
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hopcraft Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/04/2026 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Matthew Lee Hopcraftceased 29/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Graham Anthony Hopcraftceased 29/04/2026· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Elizabeth Anne Hopcraftceased 29/04/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
Nut Wharf 90 Northfield Road
Netherton
Dudley
West Midlands
DY2 9JQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
HOPCRAFT, Elizabeth Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 1997-09-14
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HOPCRAFT, Elizabeth Anne→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1997-09-14
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Active
HOPCRAFT, Matthew Lee→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2011-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEDWORTH, Donald Keith→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-09-14
BEDWORTH, Donald Keith→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 1997-09-14
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 17/06/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/12/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Commercial Services Limited | Fixed and floating charge (all assets) | 1 property | 28/07/1997 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/07/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (102 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16