ANDREW HAWKER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03449219 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-14
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-31
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-10-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-03-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-06-21
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-06-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2014-06-19
    ➖
    WATERLOW REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2004-04-07
    ➖
    WATERLOW REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-05-31
    ➖
    YOUNG, David Alan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-05-31
    ➕
    WATERLOW REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2003-05-31
    ➖
    YOUNG, David Alan resigned
    director
  23. 2003-01-01
    ➖
    HAWKER, Julia Nancy Jane resigned
    secretary
  24. 2003-01-01
    ➕
    YOUNG, David Alan appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-01-01
    ➕
    YOUNG, David Alan appointed
    director
  26. 1999-07-15
    ➕
    HAWKER, Julia Nancy Jane appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-07-15
    ➖
    SEKFORDE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1997-10-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW HAWKER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  29. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    HAWKER, Andrew Charles appointed
    director
  30. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    SEKFORDE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1997-10-14
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1997-10-14
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAWKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Charles Hawker
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Financial services · N postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ANDSLEY CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
03483907 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
————28y——
ANGLO-MALAY CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
03356347 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
————28y——
ANGULAR CAPITAL LIMITED→
08677505 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
————12y——
ANYTHING MORTGAGE LIMITED→
10778619 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
APLOMADO HOSPITALITY LTD→
13112373 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
APLOMADO TRADING LTD→
13138243 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ARCH PARTNERS LTD→
13615295 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
ARCHIPELAGO CIRCULAR ECONOMY GP LIMITED→
15975873 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ARCHIPELAGO ECO INVESTORS HOLDINGS LTD→
14058392 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ARCHIPELAGO ECO INVESTORS LTD→
12106985 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER GROUP LTD→
11506459 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
AREN CAPITALS LTD→
15627896 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Lawford House
Albert Place
Finchley
London
N3 1QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

HAWKER, Andrew Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWKER, Julia Nancy Jane→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-15 · resigned 2003-01-01
Resigned
YOUNG, David Alan→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2003-05-31
Resigned
SEKFORDE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1999-07-15
Resigned
WATERLOW REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2014-06-19
Resigned
WATERLOW REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-31 · resigned 2004-04-07
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1997-10-14
Resigned
YOUNG, David Alan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2003-05-31
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1997-10-14
Resigned

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

Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29