HEATSHRINK SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04728582 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-09
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
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£486.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46520SIC 46520
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £485,977
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£351k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£486k
↑ 8.7% YoY
Current Assets
£575k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£115k£230k£345k£460k£575kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£490.8k£447.3k
Current assets£574.7k£525.1k
Cash£351.1k£290.6k
Debtors£85.2k£139.9k
Net assets£486.0k£447.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-17
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    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2003-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As HEATSHRINK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  16. 2003-04-09
    ➕
    HILL, Stephen James appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-04-09
    ➕
    HILL, Nancy Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2003-04-09
    ➕
    HILL, Stephen James appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-09
    ➕
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-04-09
    ➖
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-04-09
    ➕
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-04-09
    ➖
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Hill
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/04/2016
Mrs Nancy Margaret Hill
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Sunflower House
Diptford
Totnes
TQ9 7NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HILL, Stephen James→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-09
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Active
HILL, Nancy Margaret→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-04-09
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Active
HILL, Stephen James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-09 · resigned 2003-04-09
Resigned
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-09 · resigned 2003-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-11