HALDON FINANCIAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07198574 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	-200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

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Last 180 days

filings

• 7 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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COOMBE, Anne resigned
secretary
2010-03-22
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Company incorporated
As HALDON FINANCIAL LIMITED
2010-03-22
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COOMBE, Mark Andrew, Mr. appointed
director
2010-03-22
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COOMBE, Anne appointed
secretary

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Andrew Coombe Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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GOULDEN & SONS PROPERTIES UK LIMITED→ 13506804 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
GOWRINGS HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 12488278 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
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GREENLIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED→ 12169498 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
HALDON FINANCIAL REVIEW LIMITED→ 11063894 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Brixham Laboratory

Freshwater Quarry

Brixham

Devon

TQ5 8BA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

COOMBE, Mark Andrew, Mr.→

director · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-22

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Active

COOMBE, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2010-03-22 · resigned 2015-02-27

Resigned

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