HAMSARD ONE THOUSAND AND SIXTY NINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03486011 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-24

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£373.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 13960

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 28.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 28.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £373,320

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,687 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£373k

↓ 5.0% YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£373.3k	£393.0k
Net assets	£373.3k	£393.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-07-25
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2022-09-26
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2021-12-08
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CODRINGTON, Linda appointed
director
2021-11-30
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CODRINGTON, Nicholas James appointed
director
2021-11-30
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CODRINGTON-HOPKINS, Rachel appointed
director
2021-09-14
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2020-09-22
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2019-09-04
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2018-10-02
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2017-10-07
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2016-07-21
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2016-01-25
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2015-07-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Godfrey James Codrington (Security Trustee)
2015-04-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2007-08-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2007-08-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-07-09
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2007-04-27
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TWAMLEY, Paul James resigned
director
2007-02-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-05-07
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BARBOUR SMITH, James Kenneth Alexander resigned
director
2003-12-29
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MORSE, Peter Wayne resigned
director
2001-07-01
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TWAMLEY, Paul James appointed
director
2001-06-30
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BROWN, Thomas Henry Phelps resigned
director
2000-02-25
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BARBOUR SMITH, James Kenneth Alexander appointed
director
2000-02-25
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MARSON-SMITH, Paul Christopher resigned
director
1998-03-10
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EDWARDS, David Leegaard appointed
secretary
1998-03-10
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CODRINGTON, Godfrey James appointed
director
1998-03-10
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EDWARDS, David Leegaard appointed
director
1998-03-10
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HAMMOND SUDDARDS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-10
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BROWN, Thomas Henry Phelps appointed
director
1998-03-10
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MARSON-SMITH, Paul Christopher appointed
director
1998-03-10
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MORSE, Peter Wayne appointed
director
1998-03-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1998-03-09
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HAMMOND SUDDARDS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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1997-12-24
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Company incorporated
As HAMSARD ONE THOUSAND AND SIXTY NINE LIMITED
1997-12-24
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HAMMOND SUDDARDS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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1997-12-24
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HAMMOND SUDDARDS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Godfrey James Codrington Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr David Leegaard Edwards Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-12-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC13960 — SIC 13960

Registered office

Units A B C D

Treorchy Industrial Estate

Treorchy

Glamorgan

CF42 6EJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21