HAPPY PIGS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09357459 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-16
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees2200

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

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1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-11
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-14
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  4. 2024-10-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-03
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-06
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    ANDERSON, Thelma Mary appointed
    director
  15. 2016-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As HAPPY PIGS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2014-12-16
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    ANDERSON, Paul Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Thelma Mary Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/04/2018
Paul Andrew Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

The Gatehouse 4a Newcastle Road
Loggerheads
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDERSON, Paul Andrew→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-12-16
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ANDERSON, Thelma Mary→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-02-06
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21