HYDROFIX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04713320 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-27

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£2.52M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.7y

25/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (10 active, 16 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Profitable

Profit before tax £540,715

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Turnover	£2.52M
Gross profit	£810.8k
Profit before tax	£540.7k
Average employees	900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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HERLIHY, Francis appointed
director
2025-03-31
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah resigned
director
2024-12-06
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accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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officers · CH01
2024-09-15
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mortgage · MR01
2024-09-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
2023-12-16
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accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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mortgage · MR01
2023-09-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Agent for the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument)
2023-08-17
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incorporation · MA
2023-08-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-04
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officers · CH03
2023-02-23
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2023-02-23
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2023-02-23
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2023-02-23
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2023-02-23
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2023-02-23
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annual-return · RP04AR01
2023-02-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-10
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-10
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-10
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capital · SH08
2023-02-02
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EVANS, Sally appointed
secretary
2023-02-02
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GALLACHER, Adam Charles appointed
director
2023-02-02
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RYDER, Alasdair Alan appointed
director
2023-02-02
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TAYLOR, David Iain appointed
director
2023-02-02
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WATSON, David appointed
director
2023-02-02
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah appointed
director
2017-04-11
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PETTERSSON, Gustav appointed
director
2017-04-11
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VENNING, Walter Russell appointed
director
2016-03-01
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CLARK, Patrick Rowan appointed
director
2016-03-01
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BONES, Cherri-Ann resigned
secretary
2009-03-01
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BONES, Cherri-Ann appointed
secretary
2009-03-01
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BONES, Christopher Kenneth Marden resigned
secretary
2006-05-24
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BENNETTS, Thomas Benjamin resigned
director
2003-03-30
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BONES, Iain Christopher appointed
director
2003-03-30
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BONES, Christopher Kenneth Marden appointed
secretary
2003-03-30
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-03-30
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BENNETTS, Thomas Benjamin appointed
director
2003-03-30
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-27
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Company incorporated
As HYDROFIX LIMITED
2003-03-27
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-03-27
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

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

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Rsk Environment Limited

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

ultimate parent

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HYDROFIX LIMITED

This company · 04713320

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
Rsk Environment Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/02/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Patrick Rowan Clarkceased 02/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Iain Christopher Bonesceased 02/02/2023· 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Spring Lodge

172 Chester Road

Helsby

Cheshire

WA6 0AR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09