HANSELIFTER (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06526157 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-06
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £20.6k |
| Current assets | — | £23.0k |
| Cash | — | £15.1k |
| Debtors | — | £8.0k |
| Net assets | — | £20.6k |
| Average employees | 2 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-04-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-07-20➕WARD, Karen appointeddirector
- 2012-10-19➖PRESTON, Philip James resigneddirector
- 2009-01-06➕WARD, Graham Robert, Mr. appointedsecretary
- 2009-01-06➕WARD, Graham Robert, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2009-01-06➖PRESTON, Norma Phyllis resignedsecretary
- 2008-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs HANSELIFTER (UK) LIMITED
- 2008-03-06➕PRESTON, Norma Phyllis appointedsecretary
- 2008-03-06➕PRESTON, Philip James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. Graham Robert Ward Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 05/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
1st Floor Waterside House
Waterside Drive
Wigan
Lancashire
WN3 5AZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WARD, Graham Robert, Mr.→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-01-06
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WARD, Graham Robert, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRESTON, Norma Phyllis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-03-06 · resigned 2009-01-06
PRESTON, Philip James→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-06 · resigned 2012-10-19
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Recent filings (53 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-18