A W HARDWICK & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07941743 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£770.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01130
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77310Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £770,593
Cash YoY
+75%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£86k
↑ 75% YoY
Net Worth
£771k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£559k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £974.3k | £983.1k |
| Current assets | £559.2k | £551.2k |
| Cash | £85.8k | £49.0k |
| Debtors | £338.2k | £413.5k |
| Net assets | £770.6k | £726.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 2 officers
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-03-23📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2026-02-19📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-02-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-09➕HARDWICK, Liam appointeddirector
- 2023-05-09➖HARDWICK, Alfred Robert resigneddirector
- 2023-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-10-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2016-01-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2012-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs A W HARDWICK & SONS LIMITED
- 2012-02-08➕HARDWICK, Alexander Edward Wrightson appointeddirector
- 2012-02-08➕HARDWICK, Edward Albert Wrightson appointeddirector
- 2012-02-08➕HARDWICK, Alfred Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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 "HARDWICK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
33/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HARDWICK, Liam (same surname) appointed 2023-05-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Liam Hardwick Individual · British · DOB 05/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/02/2024 |
Alexander Edward Wrightson Hardwick Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2018 |
Edward Albert Wrightson Hardwick Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alfred Robert Hardwickceased 19/02/2024· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130
Registered office
Unit 7-8 Manor Court
Eastfield
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3TU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
HARDWICK, Alexander Edward Wrightson→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2012-02-08
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HARDWICK, Edward Albert Wrightson→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2012-02-08
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HARDWICK, Liam→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2023-05-09
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HARDWICK, Alfred Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2012-02-08 · resigned 2023-05-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/01/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-23
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-17