DISTGEN HINTON LGC PLC

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08626151 · plc · incorporated 2013-07-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£523.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
49 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
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £523,449
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,307 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£296k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£523k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
£690k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£163k£326k£489k£653k£816kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£903.0k£951.1k
Current assets£690.0k£815.8k
Cash£296.4k£422.0k
Debtors£393.5k£393.8k
Net assets£523.4k£528.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-12-18
    ➖
    POTTER, Darran resigned
    director
  5. 2024-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-09-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-03-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-03-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2017-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    ASHWORTH, Malcolm Herbert Bennett appointed
    director
  19. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    CARNELL, Robert Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    POTTER, Darran appointed
    director
  21. 2013-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DISTGEN HINTON LGC PLC
  22. 2013-07-26
    ➕
    ZAMICK, John Victor appointed
    secretary
  23. 2013-07-26
    ➕
    ZAMICK, John Victor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Participa Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Participa Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
DISTGEN HINTON LGC PLC
This company · 08626151

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Participa Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Victor Zamickceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated2013-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

3 Merietts Court Long Ashton Business Park
Yanley Lane
Bristol
BS41 9LB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-13
Last: 2026-05-30

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

ZAMICK, John Victor→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHWORTH, Malcolm Herbert Bennett→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARNELL, Robert Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZAMICK, John Victor→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POTTER, Darran→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2024-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-18