HALEMAN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03097472 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-01
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 30.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 30.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
103 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-30➖SURTEES, John Douglas resigneddirector
- 2017-02-06➕SCHULZ, Linda Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2014-06-25➖HOPKINSON, Glenn Anthony resigneddirector
- 2013-11-04➕SURTEES, John Douglas appointeddirector
- 2012-07-12➕ABBOTT, Haydn Turner appointeddirector
- 2010-04-26➕HOPKINSON, Glenn Anthony appointeddirector
- 2010-04-05➖KETTELL, David Robert resigneddirector
- 1995-12-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1995-11-06➕SCHULZ, Linda appointedsecretary
- 1995-11-06➖HARRISON, Irene Lesley resignednominee-secretary
- 1995-11-06➕KETTELL, David Robert appointeddirector
- 1995-11-06➖BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1995-09-01🏢Company incorporatedAs HALEMAN LIMITED
- 1995-09-01➕HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointednominee-secretary
- 1995-09-01➕BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
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 77 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 31 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
5 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Siena Elise Kettell Individual · British · DOB 07/1997 · age 29 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/09/2023 |
Lucas Owen Kettell Individual · British · DOB 11/1998 · age 28 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/09/2023 |
Charles Elliott Kettell Individual · British · DOB 11/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/09/2023 |
Haydn Turner Abbott Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 12/09/2023 |
Mrs Linda Elizabeth Schulz Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 12/09/2023 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Linda Elizabeth Schulzceased 12/09/2023· board control
- Mr Haydn Abbottceased 12/09/2023· board control
- Dr Glen Anthony Hopkinsonceased 04/10/2017· board control
- Mr Alan Joseph Henson Radfordceased 04/10/2017· board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| A MIND OF FIGURES LTD→ 10940741 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AJS BROADCAST CONSULTATION LTD→ 12701518 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AKETON PARTNERS LIMITED→ 16382031 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AKTIVE FIRE DESIGN LIMITED→ 13846176 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AL & AM INVESTMENT LIMITED→ 10870528 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AL GROUNDWORKS CONSULTANCY LTD→ 15491201 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AL-SULTAN CONSULTING LTD→ 14575315 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALAFAE CREATIVE LTD→ 15762121 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALBEN ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD→ 09519209 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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| ALEX WALKER ARCHITECTURE LTD→ 03778324 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Rosegarth House
Prospect Road
Ossett
West Yorkshire
WF5 8AN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
Active
ABBOTT, Haydn Turner→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2012-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCHULZ, Linda Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1995-09-01 · resigned 1995-11-06
HOPKINSON, Glenn Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-04-26 · resigned 2014-06-25
KETTELL, David Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1995-11-06 · resigned 2010-04-05
SURTEES, John Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2013-11-04 · resigned 2018-06-30
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-09-01 · resigned 1995-11-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/12/1995 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28