HATFORD ENTERPRISES LTD

💤Zombieactive
06640950 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
41 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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,456

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 475% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k£8k£21k£34k£47k£60kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-4.7k£-949
Current assets£60.4k£31.8k
Net assets£-5.5k£-949

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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  2. 2025-12-12
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  3. 2024-12-31
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  4. 2024-07-11
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  5. 2024-04-30
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  6. 2023-04-28
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  7. 2022-05-11
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  8. 2021-04-28
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  9. 2020-04-15
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  10. 2019-04-25
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  11. 2018-04-23
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  12. 2016-12-14
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  13. 2016-02-10
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  14. 2015-07-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2011-08-01
    ➖
    MCAULIFFE, Kevin William resigned
    director
  16. 2008-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As HATFORD ENTERPRISES LTD
  17. 2008-07-08
    ➕
    HALL, Jennifer appointed
    director
  18. 2008-07-08
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    MCAULIFFE, Kevin William appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 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

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
Ms Jennifer Hall
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence11/07/2016
Mr Kevin William Mcauliffe
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence11/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

Fernham Farm
Fernham
Faringdon
SN7 7NX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-22
Last: 2026-07-08

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HALL, Jennifer→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-07-08
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Active
MCAULIFFE, Kevin William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-07-08 · resigned 2011-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13