HOWDEN EGGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10043228 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-04
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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
3
filings
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-04-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-04-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2016-07-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  17. 2016-05-13
    ➕
    SCOTT, Charlie Thomas appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As HOWDEN EGGS LIMITED
  19. 2016-03-04
    ➕
    SCOTT, Coreen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2016-03-04
    ➕
    SCOTT, Coreen appointed
    director
  21. 2016-03-04
    ➕
    SCOTT, Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Scott
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Coreen Scott
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charlie Thomas Scott
Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37
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
Incorporated2016-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SCOTT, Coreen→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-04
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Active
SCOTT, Charlie Thomas→
director · ~37y · appointed 2016-05-13
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Active
SCOTT, Coreen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-03-04
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Active
SCOTT, Douglas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-03-04
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—19/07/2016—
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Recent filings (29 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06