HNC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04181971 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-19
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 Sept 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 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (78/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
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
66 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-06-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-06-24
    ➖
    PRICE, Timothy John resigned
    director
  17. 2006-02-28
    ➖
    LUMB, Ian Turner resigned
    director
  18. 2004-09-14
    ➕
    DISKIN, Michael appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    WADSWORTH, John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    WADSWORTH, John resigned
    director
  21. 2001-03-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HNC LIMITED
  22. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    DISKIN, Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    WADSWORTH, John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-03-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    LUMB, Ian Turner appointed
    director
  27. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    PRICE, Timothy John appointed
    director
  28. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    WADSWORTH, John appointed
    director
  29. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2001-03-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Halifax Numerical Controls Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Halifax Numerical Controls Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HNC LIMITED
This company · 04181971

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Halifax Numerical Controls Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Michael Diskin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2026

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
Incorporated2001-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Holmefield Works
Shay Lane
Halifax
HX3 6RS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

DISKIN, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DISKIN, Michael→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADSWORTH, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2001-03-19
Resigned
LUMB, Ian Turner→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2006-02-28
Resigned
PRICE, Timothy John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2011-06-24
Resigned
WADSWORTH, John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2001-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-24