H B X LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04147187 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-24
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 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
62 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees400400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2024-04-17
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  4. 2023-10-27
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  5. 2022-11-24
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  6. 2022-11-24
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-10-27
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  8. 2020-11-02
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  9. 2020-08-27
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    WYKE, Lucia resigned
    secretary
  10. 2020-08-27
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2019-10-31
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  12. 2018-10-22
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  13. 2017-10-31
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  14. 2016-11-30
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  15. 2016-02-15
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  16. 2010-02-22
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    WYKE, Lucia appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-02-01
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    WYKE, David Peter James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-01-29
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    WYKE, Graham Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2001-01-29
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    WYKE, David Peter James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-01-26
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2001-01-26
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2001-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As H B X LIMITED
  23. 2001-01-24
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-01-24
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Andrew Wyke
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares24/01/2017

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
Incorporated2001-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Acer House Brook Lane
Brocton
Stafford
ST17 0TZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WYKE, Graham Andrew→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WYKE, David Peter James→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-29 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
WYKE, Lucia→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-22 · resigned 2020-08-27
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-24 · resigned 2001-01-26
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-24 · resigned 2001-01-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
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accounts · AA
2025-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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address · AD01
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02