A K HOSIE & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07549506 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.82M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,821,718
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£288k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
£3.8m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £10.03M | £9.44M |
| Current assets | £1.99M | £1.93M |
| Cash | £288.3k | £320.0k |
| Debtors | £510.2k | £447.9k |
| Net assets | £3.82M | £3.18M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-21🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-11-26📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2021-11-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-01📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-10-28➕FARRELL, Michelle appointedsecretary
- 2021-10-28➕HOSIE, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2020-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04➖HOSIE, Martin resigneddirector
- 2020-08-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-10➕HOSIE, Martin appointeddirector
- 2019-04-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2011-05-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2011-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs A K HOSIE & SONS LIMITED
- 2011-03-02➕HOSIE, Adrian Kelson appointeddirector
- 2011-03-02➕HOSIE, Janet appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
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
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HOSIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
43/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HOSIE, Andrew (same surname) appointed 2021-10-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian Kelson Hosie Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Janet Hosie Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 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
Incorporated2011-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
2nd Floor Market Square House
Station Road
Sturminster Newton
Dorset
DT10 1FG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
HOSIE, Adrian Kelson→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOSIE, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-10-28
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HOSIE, Janet→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2011-03-02
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HOSIE, Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-05-10 · resigned 2020-08-04
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/02/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/05/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-23
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2021-11-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-11-01