D J HINTON & CO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04397152 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-18

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 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38220

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Average employees	1400	1100

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-25
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-25
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officers · TM01
2022-10-17
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HINTON, Gemma appointed
secretary
2022-10-17
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HINTON, Wendy resigned
secretary
2022-10-17
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HINTON, Dave resigned
director
2022-10-17
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HINTON, James Vivian resigned
director
2022-10-17
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HINTON, Jordan David resigned
director
2022-10-17
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HINTON, Wendy resigned
director
2022-10-17
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PRESCOTT, Susan Dawn resigned
director
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-18
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HINTON, Elliott James appointed
director
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-18
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mortgage · MR01
2020-08-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2019-06-20
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HINTON, Jordan David appointed
director
2015-06-25
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MIDDLETON, Ian Derek resigned
director
2014-11-01
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HECTOR, Simon John Ewen resigned
director
2014-11-01
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MIDDLETON, Ian Derek appointed
director
2012-05-01
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HECTOR, Simon John Ewen appointed
director
2004-11-01
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PRESCOTT, Susan Dawn appointed
director
2003-06-30
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HINTON, Carol resigned
director
2002-03-18
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Company incorporated
As D J HINTON & CO LIMITED
2002-03-18
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BREWER, Suzanne appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-03-18
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BREWER, Suzanne resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-03-18
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HINTON, Wendy appointed
secretary
2002-03-18
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
nominee-director
2002-03-18
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
nominee-director
2002-03-18
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HINTON, Carol appointed
director
2002-03-18
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HINTON, Dave appointed
director
2002-03-18
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HINTON, James Vivian appointed
director
2002-03-18
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HINTON, Wendy appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HINTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Jjed Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jjed Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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D J HINTON & CO LIMITED

This company · 04397152

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jjed Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/07/2019

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Susan Dawn Prescottceased 02/08/2019· significant influence
Mr James Vivian Hintonceased 02/08/2019· significant influence
Mrs Wendy Hintonceased 02/08/2019· significant influence
Mr Dave Hintonceased 02/08/2019· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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AJH WASTE MANAGEMENT & LOGISTICS LIMITED→ 15884994 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ALACOR ELECTRICAL LTD→ 11595226 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
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BEWDLEY & KIDDERMINSTER SKIP HIRE LTD→ 11400812 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
BLACKPOLE RE:SOURCE LIMITED→ 16514598 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BLAKEDOWN SERVICES LIMITED→ 05935223 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
BROOK BAND LIMITED→ 12811928 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
BYPASS WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD→ 12661141 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
COMPLETE BIOMASS SOLUTIONS LTD→ 13212167 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-03-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220

Registered office

Road 2 Hoobrook Industrial Estate

Worcester Road

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY10 1HY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

HINTON, Gemma→

secretary · appointed 2022-10-17

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Active

HINTON, Elliott James→

director · ~37y · appointed 2021-10-18

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Active

BREWER, Suzanne→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2002-03-18

Resigned

HINTON, Wendy→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2022-10-17

Resigned

BREWER, Kevin, Dr→

nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2002-03-18

Resigned

HECTOR, Simon John Ewen→

director · ~65y · appointed 2012-05-01 · resigned 2014-11-01

Resigned

HINTON, Carol→

director · ~66y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2003-06-30

Resigned

HINTON, Dave→

director · ~82y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2022-10-17

Resigned

HINTON, James Vivian→

director · ~57y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2022-10-17

Resigned

HINTON, Jordan David→

director · ~34y · appointed 2019-06-20 · resigned 2022-10-17

Resigned

HINTON, Wendy→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2022-10-17

Resigned

MIDDLETON, Ian Derek→

director · ~64y · appointed 2014-11-01 · resigned 2015-06-25

Resigned

PRESCOTT, Susan Dawn→

director · ~56y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2022-10-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	13/08/2020	—

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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-10-26

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-10-26

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2022-10-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-10-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-10-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-10-25