HAWTON MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07982532 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-08

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£0

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of beer

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Net assets shrinking

Down £2 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£0

↓ 100% YoY

Current Assets

£429

↓ 76% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£108.3k	£123.3k
Current assets	£429	£1.8k
Net assets	£0	£2

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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2025-05-30
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2024-12-20
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2023-04-17
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2022-07-04
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2021-12-01
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2020-04-29
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2019-04-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-26
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officers · CH01
2019-03-26
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officers · CH01
2019-03-26
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2019-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-16
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accounts · AA
2018-04-16
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2017-04-30
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2012-03-08
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Company incorporated
As HAWTON MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2012-03-08
➕
HAWTON, Dorothy Hilda appointed
director
2012-03-08
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HAWTON, Malcolm John, Dr 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAWTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

clean

No 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
Mrs Dorothy Hilda Hawton Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Dr Malcolm John Hawton Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-03-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Raikes Farm

Hulme End

Buxton

SK17 0HJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAWTON, Dorothy Hilda→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-03-08

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HAWTON, Malcolm John, Dr→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-03-08

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