HOSE TECHNIK LTD

💤Zombieactive
07437312 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1
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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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 (81/100)

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
38 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 £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1£1
Cash£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As HOSE TECHNIK LTD
  17. 2010-11-11
    ZASLAWSKI, Juri George 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Juri George Zaslawski
Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 1a Ashville Road
Gloucester
GL2 5EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ZASLAWSKI, Juri George
director · ~81y · appointed 2010-11-11
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-29