HAWKINS & RIVEIROS LIMITED

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04735768 · 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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.65M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
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 (78/100)

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
59 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 £1,653,405
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£922k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£938k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£331k£661k£992k£1.3m£1.7mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.66M£1.55M
Current assets£937.7k£833.1k
Cash£922.4k£822.8k
Debtors£15.3k£10.2k
Net assets£1.65M£1.54M

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.

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-06-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-18
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2015-11-13
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-14
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    RIVEIROS, Abelardo resigned
    director
  17. 2003-04-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HAWKINS & RIVEIROS LIMITED
  18. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Nicholas Roy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Nicholas Roy appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-04-15
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    RIVEIROS, Abelardo appointed
    director
  23. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-04-15
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAWKINS" — 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Frances Hawkins
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2022
Mr Nicholas Roy Hawkins
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

4 The Paddock
Kennington
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 5SB

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)

HAWKINS, Nicholas Roy→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-15
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Active
HAWKINS, Nicholas Roy→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-15
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Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2003-04-15
Resigned
RIVEIROS, Abelardo→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2015-06-14
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2003-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15