HOOFTEC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05890817 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-31

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

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01621

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	4	400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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2025-01-15
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2024-01-08
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accounts · AA
2023-01-16
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accounts · AA
2022-01-06
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accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-24
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incorporation · MA
2020-09-16
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incorporation · MA
2020-09-16
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-16
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capital · SH08
2020-09-16
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capital · SH01
2020-09-16
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capital · SH01
2020-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-15
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capital · SH01
2020-09-15
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2020-09-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-04-01
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CLARKE, Rebecca Joy appointed
director
2009-05-01
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CLARKE, Christopher Jonathan appointed
director
2006-07-31
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Company incorporated
As HOOFTEC LIMITED
2006-07-31
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CLARKE, Jennifer Caroline appointed
secretary
2006-07-31
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CLARKE, Jennifer Caroline appointed
director
2006-07-31
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CLARKE, Jonathan appointed
director
2006-07-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2006-07-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2006-07-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2006-07-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Christopher Jonathan Clarke Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	01/09/2020
Mrs Rebecca Joy Clarke Individual · British · DOB 05/1988 · age 38	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/09/2020
Jonathan Clarke Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Jennifer Caroline Clarkeceased 01/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2006-07-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01621 — SIC 01621

Registered office

89 Katherine Way

Seaford

East Sussex

BN25 2XF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-10

Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

CLARKE, Jennifer Caroline→

secretary · appointed 2006-07-31

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Active

CLARKE, Christopher Jonathan→

director · ~37y · appointed 2009-05-01

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Active

CLARKE, Jennifer Caroline→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-07-31

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Active

CLARKE, Jonathan→

director · ~65y · appointed 2006-07-31

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Active

CLARKE, Rebecca Joy→

director · ~38y · appointed 2017-04-01

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-31 · resigned 2006-07-31

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-31 · resigned 2006-07-31

Resigned

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