HARPAR GRACE INTERNATIONAL LTD
💤Zombieactive
08479007 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-08
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.08M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46450
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 3.2y
20/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £2,076,968
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.1m
Net Worth
£2.1m
Current Assets
£3.9m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.18M |
| Current assets | £3.93M |
| Cash | £1.11M |
| Debtors | £834.9k |
| Net assets | £2.08M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-02🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-08-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-04-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-04-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
- 2023-04-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-03-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2022-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-01-31➖MARTIN, Cheryl Lynn resigneddirector
- 2021-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-05-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-05-01➕MARTIN, Cheryl Lynn appointeddirector
- 2013-04-08🏢Company incorporatedAs HARPAR GRACE INTERNATIONAL LTD
- 2013-04-08➕CHALMERS, Alana Marie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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 13 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Alana Marie Chalmers Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| ECO POND LIMITED→ 05772321 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ENTREPRENEUR APPAREL LTD→ 15330395 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FUNDAMENTAL STUDIOS CLOTHING LTD→ 14594890 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FURNITUREWORX LIMITED→ 07104624 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46450 — SIC 46450
Registered office
4 Imperial Court Magellan Close
Walworth Business Park
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 5NT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
CHALMERS, Alana Marie→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2013-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARTIN, Cheryl Lynn→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2017-05-01 · resigned 2022-01-31
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/08/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/08/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited | A registered charge | — | 19/04/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/03/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01