HARTSFIELD TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07118899 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-139.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £139,625
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£642
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
-£140k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-29 | 2023-12-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-43.5k | £-86.8k |
| Current assets | £151.1k | £111.8k |
| Cash | £642 | £1.2k |
| Debtors | £150.4k | £110.5k |
| Net assets | £-139.6k | £-113.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-14📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-01-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-04-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-09-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Joy Diane West as Trustee of Hartsfield Directors Pension Scheme
- 2015-09-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Joy Diane West as Trustee of Hartsfield Directors Pension Scheme
- 2014-12-31➖VERWOERT, Adrian Thomas resignedsecretary
- 2010-11-01➕WEST, Joy Diane appointeddirector
- 2010-01-07🏢Company incorporatedAs HARTSFIELD TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2010-01-07➕VERWOERT, Paul Anthony appointeddirector
- 2010-01-07➕VERWOERT, Adrian Thomas appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
83/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
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 Paul Anthony Verwoert Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2010-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Registered office
The Coach House Box House
Bath Road
Box
Wiltshire
SN13 8AA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
VERWOERT, Paul Anthony→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2010-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WEST, Joy Diane→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2010-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VERWOERT, Adrian Thomas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2014-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Joy Diane West as Trustee of Hartsfield Directors Pension Scheme / Paul Anthony Verwoert as Trustee of Hartsfield Directors Pension Scheme | A registered charge | — | 29/09/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Joy Diane West as Trustee of Hartsfield Directors Pension Scheme / Paul Anthony Verwoert as Trustee of Hartsfield Directors Pension Scheme | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/09/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-03