A & A D HARDCASTLE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04659642 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-07

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 2025

Net worth

£88.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Demolition

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43120Site preparation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £88,311

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£43k

↓ 2.8% YoY

Net Worth

£88k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£74k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£110.1k	£120.4k
Current assets	£73.7k	£64.8k
Cash	£42.9k	£44.1k
Debtors	£30.8k	£20.8k
Net assets	£88.3k	£87.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-10
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accounts · AA
2017-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-19
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officers · CH01
2017-03-19
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officers · CH01
2017-03-19
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address · AD01
2017-03-19
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2016-12-20
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accounts · AA
2003-02-07
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Company incorporated
As A & A D HARDCASTLE LIMITED
2003-02-07
➕
HARDCASTLE, Karen appointed
secretary
2003-02-07
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HARDCASTLE, Andrew David appointed
director
2003-02-07
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UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-02-07
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UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-02-07
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UKF DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-02-07
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UKF DIRECTORS 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 "HARDCASTLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew David Hardcastle Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43110 — Demolition

Registered office

Appleton House 168 Netherton Lane

Netherton

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF4 4HH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARDCASTLE, Karen→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-07

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Active

HARDCASTLE, Andrew David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-02-07

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Active

UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-02-07 · resigned 2003-02-07

Resigned

UKF DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-02-07 · resigned 2003-02-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-24

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-24