POTOK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04104124 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£329.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46140SIC 46140
  • 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £329,769
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£115k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Net Worth
£330k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£575k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£115k£230k£345k£460k£575kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£411.6k£309.3k
Current assets£575.4k£513.6k
Cash£115.5k£123.4k
Debtors£349.0k£311.3k
Net assets£329.8k£285.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-16
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  3. 2025-09-15
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  4. 2025-09-15
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  5. 2025-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-10
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  7. 2023-07-25
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  8. 2022-07-26
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  9. 2021-07-13
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  10. 2020-10-30
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  11. 2019-03-22
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  12. 2018-07-12
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  13. 2017-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-02
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-10-24
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    HAZARD, Joanne appointed
    director
  16. 2016-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-12-17
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    JONES, Mark Stephen resigned
    director
  18. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    BRENNAN, Margaret resigned
    director
  19. 2002-05-10
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    JONES, Mark Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2001-04-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2000-11-03
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    Company incorporated
    As POTOK LIMITED
  22. 2000-11-03
    ➕
    HAZARD, Kevin Christopher appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-11-03
    ➕
    HAZARD, Kevin Christopher appointed
    director
  24. 2000-11-03
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-11-03
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-11-03
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Margaret appointed
    director
  27. 2000-11-03
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 2000-11-03
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Kevin Christopher Hazard
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Joanne Hazard
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/09/2025

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
Incorporated2000-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

35 Millers Bridge Industrial Est
Bootle
Merseyside
L20 1EE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HAZARD, Kevin Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-03
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Active
HAZARD, Joanne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-10-24
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Active
HAZARD, Kevin Christopher→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-11-03
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Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2000-11-03
Resigned
BRENNAN, Margaret→
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2000-11-03
Resigned
JONES, Mark Stephen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2010-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property12/04/2001—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-09-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09