HTA SOLUTIONS LTD

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03172472 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-14
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£20
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
18 officers (1 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £20

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20
~ YoY
Current Assets
£20
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4£8£12£16£20Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£20£20
Current assets£20£20
Net assets£20£20

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
    ➖
    HAWTIN, Richard Jonathan resigned
    director
  2. 2026-01-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-16
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Donna Michelle appointed
    director
  4. 2026-01-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-01-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-10-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2020-09-30
    ➕
    HAWTIN, Richard Jonathan appointed
    director
  17. 2020-09-30
    ➖
    LYNCH, Agnes Christina resigned
    director
  18. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-03-29
    ➖
    ARYA, Rajeev resigned
    director
  21. 2019-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    LYNCH, Agnes Christina appointed
    director
  23. 2014-06-05
    ➖
    HARVEY, Mark Ian resigned
    secretary
  24. 2014-06-05
    ➕
    ARYA, Rajeev appointed
    director
  25. 2014-06-05
    ➖
    HARVEY, Mark Ian resigned
    director
  26. 2012-10-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Mark Ian appointed
    director
  27. 2012-10-19
    ➖
    SCOTT, Charles William resigned
    director
  28. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    LAKE, Charles Michael resigned
    director
  29. 2007-10-25
    ➖
    GRAHAMSLAW, Anne Elizabeth resigned
    director
  30. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    SCOTT, Charles William appointed
    director
  31. 2007-07-31
    ➖
    JONES, Stephen David resigned
    director
  32. 2006-03-03
    ➕
    HARVEY, Mark Ian appointed
    secretary
  33. 2006-03-03
    ➖
    HICKEY, Keith Robin resigned
    secretary
  34. 2006-03-03
    ➖
    HICKEY, Keith Robin resigned
    director
  35. 2004-01-29
    ➖
    JENKINS, Christine Yoshiko resigned
    director
  36. 2003-11-24
    ➕
    JENKINS, Christine Yoshiko appointed
    director
  37. 2001-12-17
    ➕
    GRAHAMSLAW, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  38. 2001-09-06
    ➖
    CRYNE, Christine resigned
    director
  39. 2001-09-06
    ➕
    JONES, Stephen David appointed
    director
  40. 2001-04-02
    ➕
    LAKE, Charles Michael appointed
    director
  41. 1999-08-31
    ➕
    CRYNE, Christine appointed
    director
  42. 1999-08-31
    ➖
    SOUTH, Janet Mary resigned
    director
  43. 1999-06-01
    ➖
    BURGESS, Stephen Denis resigned
    secretary
  44. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    HICKEY, Keith Robin appointed
    secretary
  45. 1999-06-01
    ➖
    BURGESS, Stephen Denis resigned
    director
  46. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    HICKEY, Keith Robin appointed
    director
  47. 1996-03-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HTA SOLUTIONS LTD
  48. 1996-03-14
    ➕
    BURGESS, Stephen Denis appointed
    secretary
  49. 1996-03-14
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  50. 1996-03-14
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
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Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Help The Aged (Mail Order) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Help The Aged (Mail Order) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
HTA SOLUTIONS LTD
This company · 03172472

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Help The Aged (Mail Order) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

7th Floor, One America Square
17 Crosswall
London
EC3N 2LB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (1 active · 17 resigned)

MARSHALL, Donna Michelle→
director · ~46y · appointed 2026-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, Stephen Denis→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1999-06-01
Resigned
HARVEY, Mark Ian→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2014-06-05
Resigned
HICKEY, Keith Robin→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2006-03-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1996-03-14
Resigned
ARYA, Rajeev→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-06-05 · resigned 2019-03-29
Resigned
BURGESS, Stephen Denis→
director · ~76y · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1999-06-01
Resigned
CRYNE, Christine→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-08-31 · resigned 2001-09-06
Resigned
GRAHAMSLAW, Anne Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-12-17 · resigned 2007-10-25
Resigned
HARVEY, Mark Ian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-10-19 · resigned 2014-06-05
Resigned
HAWTIN, Richard Jonathan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2020-09-30 · resigned 2026-01-19
Resigned
HICKEY, Keith Robin→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2006-03-03
Resigned
JENKINS, Christine Yoshiko→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-11-24 · resigned 2004-01-29
Resigned
JONES, Stephen David→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-09-06 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned
LAKE, Charles Michael→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-04-02 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
LYNCH, Agnes Christina→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2020-09-30
Resigned
SCOTT, Charles William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2012-10-19
Resigned
SOUTH, Janet Mary→
director · ~87y · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1999-08-31
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13