HOUGH GREEN GARAGE LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

04424134 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-25

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Leverage-led grower. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (9 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £949,163

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Profit before tax	£949.2k	£2.04M
Average employees	122	11400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 mortgage
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 mortgage
• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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mortgage · MR01
2026-05-07
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mortgage · MR01
2026-04-30
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2026-04-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2026-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
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mortgage · MR04
2026-04-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-01
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Charge satisfied #4
2026-04-01
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Charge satisfied #3
2026-04-01
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Charge satisfied #2
2026-04-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2026-03-26
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officers · AP01
2026-02-11
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officers · AP01
2026-02-09
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ADAIR, Colin appointed
director
2026-02-09
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RAKOVIC, Tamara appointed
director
2025-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-16
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-03-18
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officers · CH01
2024-03-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-28
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incorporation · MA
2024-03-27
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capital · SH08
2024-03-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-12
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-06-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-01
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FARRELL, Clare appointed
director
2022-08-31
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2022-08-31
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-02-26
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GOODLEY, Michael George appointed
director
2015-11-02
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FARRELL, Andrew James appointed
director
2015-11-02
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FARRELL, David Andrew appointed
director
2013-11-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-02-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-04-25
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Company incorporated
As HOUGH GREEN GARAGE LIMITED
2002-04-25
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FARRELL, Joan appointed
secretary
2002-04-25
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FARRELL, David Nigel appointed
director
2002-04-25
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FARRELL, Joan appointed
director
2002-04-25
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-25
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FARRELL, Clare (same surname) appointed 2023-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-19

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew James Farrell Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/06/2023
David Andrew Farrell Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/06/2023
David Nigel Farrell Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Joan Farrellceased 01/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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.

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11 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-04-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Pickering Road

Halebank Industrial Estate

Halebank Widnes

Cheshire

WA8 8XW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-03-19OVERDUE

Last: 2025-03-05