C HILL (SYKEHOUSE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04620464 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-18
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
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year to Apr 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 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
61 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-11-24
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  3. 2025-10-21
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  4. 2024-10-18
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  5. 2023-12-13
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  6. 2023-02-08
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  7. 2022-08-17
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  8. 2021-10-29
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  9. 2021-01-29
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  10. 2019-12-06
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  11. 2019-09-30
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  12. 2018-10-21
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  13. 2017-12-20
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  14. 2017-12-14
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  15. 2002-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As C HILL (SYKEHOUSE) LIMITED
  16. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    HILL, Carol Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    HILL, Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 2002-12-18
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    WILSONS (ACCOUNTANTS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2002-12-18
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    WILSONS (ACCOUNTANTS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-12-18
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    WILSONS (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2002-12-18
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    WILSONS (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HILL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Christopher Hill
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Anne Hill
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/09/2017

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
Incorporated2002-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Suite One Hedley Court
Boothferry Road
Goole
East Yorkshire
DN14 6AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-07
Last: 2026-07-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HILL, Carol Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-18
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Active
HILL, Christopher→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-12-18
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Active
WILSONS (ACCOUNTANTS) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
WILSONS (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29