HODSON HONEY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03900561 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-29
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
£224.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01490
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46230SIC 46230
  • 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £224,379
Cash YoY
+4810%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↑ 4810% YoY
Net Worth
£224k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£238k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£48k£95k£143k£191k£238kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£226.0k£217.4k
Current assets£238.3k£221.8k
Cash£16.2k£329
Debtors£222.2k£221.4k
Net assets£224.4k£217.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2024-03-01
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2023-12-20
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  5. 2022-10-11
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  6. 2021-11-23
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  7. 2021-03-23
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  8. 2019-12-23
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  9. 2018-10-31
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  10. 2017-11-28
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  11. 2016-12-07
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  12. 2016-01-12
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  13. 2015-09-01
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  14. 2015-01-14
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  15. 1999-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As HODSON HONEY LIMITED
  16. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    PARR, Louisa Robin Alice appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    PETERSON, Richard Charles appointed
    director
  18. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1999-12-29
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1999-12-29
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1999-12-29
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Louisa Robin Alice Parr
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Richard Charles Peterson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

130 High Street
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 1LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PARR, Louisa Robin Alice→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-29
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Active
PETERSON, Richard Charles→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-12-29
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30