HV ENERGY & CIVILS LTD

💤Zombieactive
09921879 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-18
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
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
  • 77310Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 9.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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 employees6600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-05-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-05-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-10
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2020-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-14
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2019-10-14
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2019-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-01
    TAYLOR, Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2017-02-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Castle Business Finance Limited
  19. 2017-01-02
    TAYLOR, Dawn appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-05
    TAYLOR, Colin Peter resigned
    director
  21. 2016-02-05
    TAYLOR, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2016-01-11
    SMITH, Geoffrey Paul resigned
    director
  23. 2016-01-11
    TAYLOR, Colin Peter appointed
    director
  24. 2015-12-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HV ENERGY & CIVILS LTD
  25. 2015-12-18
    SMITH, Geoffrey Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-02-10: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Dawn Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting12/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-18
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Enterprise House
Herbert Road
Newport
NP19 7BH
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

TAYLOR, Dawn
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-01-02
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Active
SMITH, Geoffrey Paul
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-12-18 · resigned 2016-01-11
Resigned
TAYLOR, Colin Peter
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-01-11 · resigned 2016-02-05
Resigned
TAYLOR, Peter
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-02-05 · resigned 2017-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Castle Business Finance
Castle Business Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property01/02/201714/10/2019

Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-11