HIND CO 1 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05072592 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-12
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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year to Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
70 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Average employees22

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
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-06-22
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-02-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-02-01
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-31
    ➖
    YORK CHAMBERS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2013-03-13
    ➕
    HIND, Lynn appointed
    director
  19. 2013-01-01
    ➖
    WALTERS, John resigned
    director
  20. 2006-02-01
    ➖
    TAYLOR, John David, Mr. resigned
    director
  21. 2005-04-05
    ➖
    YORK CHAMBERS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2005-01-06
    ➕
    HIND, Jeffrey John appointed
    director
  23. 2005-01-06
    ➕
    TAYLOR, John David, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 2005-01-06
    ➕
    WALTERS, John appointed
    director
  25. 2004-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HIND CO 1 LIMITED
  26. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    YORK CHAMBERS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    YORK CHAMBERS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HIND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mrs Lynn Hind
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jeffrey John Hindceased 21/11/2025· 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
Incorporated2004-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Dairy Cottage
The Avenue, Wynyard
Billingham
Cleveland
TS22 5SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HIND, Jeffrey John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIND, Lynn→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK CHAMBERS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, John David, Mr.→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-01-06 · resigned 2006-02-01
Resigned
WALTERS, John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-01-06 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
YORK CHAMBERS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-06-23
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13