HARROW & HOPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04718208 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£208.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11020
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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, 2 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £208,536
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£311k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Net Worth
£209k
↑ 135% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£333k£666k£1000k£1.3m£1.7mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£294.4k£200.2k
Current assets£1.65M£1.67M
Cash£310.5k£331.1k
Debtors£112.6k£199.4k
Net assets£208.5k£88.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-02
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  4. 2025-04-02
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  5. 2025-03-24
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  6. 2024-09-20
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  7. 2023-09-18
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  8. 2022-09-29
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  9. 2021-07-08
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  10. 2020-11-09
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  11. 2019-08-13
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  12. 2018-08-08
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  13. 2017-09-11
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  14. 2016-09-30
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  15. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-23
    ➕
    LAITHWAITE, Kaye Louise appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-02-23
    ➖
    LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-02-23
    ➖
    LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2012-08-29
    ➕
    LAITHWAITE, Kaye Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-12
    ➕
    LAITHWAITE, Henry John Hugh appointed
    director
  21. 2003-09-12
    ➕
    LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-12
    ➖
    EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-09-12
    ➕
    LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2003-09-12
    ➖
    MIKJON LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As HARROW & HOPE LIMITED
  26. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    MIKJON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Henry John Hugh Laithwaite
Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11020 — SIC 11020

Registered office

Marlow Winery
Pump Lane North
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 3RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LAITHWAITE, Kaye Louise→
secretary · appointed 2015-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAITHWAITE, Henry John Hugh→
director · ~46y · appointed 2003-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAITHWAITE, Kaye Louise→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-12 · resigned 2015-02-23
Resigned
EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-09-12
Resigned
LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-09-12 · resigned 2015-02-23
Resigned
MIKJON LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-09-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06