B B H HYDRAULICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04735475 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-15
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 Jul 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 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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 (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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2024-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-04-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2023-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-12-01
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    SMITH, Darren resigned
    director
  18. 2008-06-01
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    SMITH, Darren appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As B B H HYDRAULICS LIMITED
  20. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    HARE, Janet Patricia appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    HARE, John Kenneth appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-04-15
    ➖
    ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    ALDBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-04-15
    ➖
    ALDBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Kenneth Hare
Individual · English · DOB 07/1948 · age 78
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Janet Patricia Hare
Individual · English · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Matthew Hareceased 15/04/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

C/O Hillier Hopkins Llp
249 Silbury Boulevard
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK9 1NA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HARE, Janet Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARE, John Kenneth→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2003-04-15
Resigned
SMITH, Darren→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned
ALDBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2003-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27