HARTECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07227114 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-19
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-11-23
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  4. 2022-10-27
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2021-07-27
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  7. 2021-03-05
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  8. 2021-01-31
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  9. 2020-01-31
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  10. 2019-04-24
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-11-06
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  12. 2017-11-29
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  13. 2017-11-29
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  14. 2017-11-29
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-09-29
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  16. 2010-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As HARTECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2010-04-19
    HAROON, Farhan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Natasha Ansari
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Farhan Haroonceased 31/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2010-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

First Floor Office 17a
Ramparts Business Park
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 1TB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HAROON, Farhan
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-04-19
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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-31