HUNTERS MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06809436 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-04
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
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3
Very low cash
Cash position: £3
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3
~ YoY
Net Worth
£3
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1£1£2£2£3Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3£3
Cash£3£3
Net assets£3£3

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-02-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-02-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-02-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-14
    ➖
    BLAKIE, James resigned
    director
  11. 2022-11-14
    ➖
    RANTON, Kevin resigned
    director
  12. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-02-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HUNTERS MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    BATTEN, Terence Kenneth appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    BLAKIE, James appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    RANTON, Kevin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Terence Kenneth Batten
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Kevin Rantonceased 14/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr James Blakieceased 14/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

12b Southwick Industrial Estate
North Hylton Road
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
SR5 3TX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BATTEN, Terence Kenneth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKIE, James→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2022-11-14
Resigned
RANTON, Kevin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2022-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-14