A D HURST & SON COMMERCIAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09381405 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-09
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£345.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £345,511
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£346k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£451k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £423.2k | £415.2k |
| Current assets | £450.9k | £438.0k |
| Net assets | £345.5k | £309.3k |
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
6
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-09➖HURST, Alan David resigneddirector
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-05-12➖HURST, Jessica resignedsecretary
- 2015-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs A D HURST & SON COMMERCIAL LIMITED
- 2015-01-09➕HURST, Darren appointeddirector
- 2015-01-09➕HURST, Lilian Marlies appointeddirector
- 2015-01-09➕HURST, Jessica appointedsecretary
- 2015-01-09➕HURST, Alan David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
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
- +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 "HURST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lilian Marlies Hurst Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 19/11/2025 |
Miss Jessica Hurst Individual · British · DOB 03/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/10/2016 |
Mr Darren Hurst Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Lilian Marlies Hurstceased 19/11/2025· 25-50% voting
- Mr Alan David Hurstceased 09/12/2024· 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
Incorporated2015-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
30 Old Market
Wisbech
PE13 1NB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
HURST, Darren→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2015-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HURST, Lilian Marlies→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2015-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HURST, Jessica→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-01-09 · resigned 2016-05-12
HURST, Alan David→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 2015-01-09 · resigned 2024-12-09
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Recent filings (43 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31