A J HUNKIN DECORATORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06040309 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-03
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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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£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 employees100100

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-14
    ➖
    HUNKIN, Jennifer resigned
    secretary
  9. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2019-07-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A J HUNKIN DECORATORS LIMITED
  18. 2007-01-03
    ➕
    HUNKIN, Austin James appointed
    director
  19. 2007-01-03
    ➕
    HUNKIN, Jennifer appointed
    secretary

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 "HUNKIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Austin James Hunkin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

8 Kent Avenue
Carlyon Bay
St Austell
Cornwall
PL25 3HH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HUNKIN, Austin James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-01-03
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Active
HUNKIN, Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-03 · resigned 2021-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13