A HARDWICK HAULAGE LIMITED

📈Growthactive
03618863 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£8.92M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.2y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
96 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.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £876,129
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 18% YoY
Turnover YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£8.92M£7.54M
Gross profit£1.39M£994.8k
Profit before tax£876.1k£549.2k
Average employees67005900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 4 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2026-01-31
    ➖
    HARDWICK, Sherril Carol resigned
    secretary
  6. 2026-01-31
    ➖
    HARDWICK, Andrew David resigned
    director
  7. 2026-01-31
    ➖
    HARDWICK, Ryan David resigned
    director
  8. 2026-01-31
    ➖
    HARDWICK, Sherril Carol resigned
    director
  9. 2025-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2025-02-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  12. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-08-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-20
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  18. 2021-06-20
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2021-06-14
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2021-06-09
    ➕
    DAY, Laura Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2021-06-09
    ➕
    DAY, Paul Edwin appointed
    director
  22. 2021-06-09
    ➕
    DAY, Winifred Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2021-06-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2021-06-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  25. 2021-06-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  26. 2021-06-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  27. 2021-06-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2021-06-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2021-06-03
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2019-10-16
    ➕
    HARDWICK, Ryan David appointed
    director
  31. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    HARDWICK, Sherril Carol appointed
    director
  32. 2007-02-01
    ➕
    HARDWICK, Sherril Carol appointed
    secretary
  33. 2007-01-31
    ➖
    INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2005-06-21
    ➖
    O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick resigned
    secretary
  35. 2005-06-21
    ➕
    INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2001-03-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  37. 1998-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A HARDWICK HAULAGE LIMITED
  38. 1998-08-20
    ➕
    O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick appointed
    secretary
  39. 1998-08-20
    ➕
    IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1998-08-20
    ➖
    IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1998-08-20
    ➕
    HARDWICK, Andrew David appointed
    director
  42. 1998-08-20
    ➕
    IMC CORPORATE NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  43. 1998-08-20
    ➖
    IMC CORPORATE NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAY, Laura Ann (same surname) appointed 2021-06-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
4 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HARDWICK, Sherril Carol resigned 2026-01-31; HARDWICK, Andrew David resigned 2026-01-31; HARDWICK, Ryan David resigned 2026-01-31

Group structure

Turners (Soham) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Turners (Soham) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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A HARDWICK HAULAGE LIMITED
This company · 03618863

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Turners (Soham) Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/06/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew David Hardwickceased 09/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Sherril Carol Hardwickceased 09/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Turners (Soham) Ltd
Fordham Road
Newmarket
CB8 7NR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

DAY, Laura Ann→
director · ~30y · appointed 2021-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAY, Paul Edwin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-06-09
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Active
DAY, Winifred Mary→
director · ~92y · appointed 2021-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDWICK, Sherril Carol→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned
O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-20 · resigned 2005-06-21
Resigned
IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-08-20 · resigned 1998-08-20
Resigned
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
HARDWICK, Andrew David→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-08-20 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned
HARDWICK, Ryan David→
director · ~36y · appointed 2019-10-16 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned
HARDWICK, Sherril Carol→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned
IMC CORPORATE NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1998-08-20 · resigned 1998-08-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/03/200103/06/2021

Recent filings (96 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13