HUNGARIAN SAUSAGE LTD

💤Zombieactive
10167800 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-06
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-816
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
  • 47290Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £816
Net assets shrinking
Down £25,989 YoY
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
-£816
↓ 103% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£816£8k£17k£26k£35k£44kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-816£40.6k
Current assets£44.4k£35.7k
Cash£22.4k£16.4k
Debtors£2.3k—
Net assets£-816£25.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-14
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  3. 2024-02-24
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  4. 2023-12-14
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  5. 2022-12-16
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  6. 2022-02-17
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  7. 2021-02-12
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-09-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-05-01
    ➕
    SZABO, Tamas appointed
    director
  11. 2020-05-01
    ➖
    SOTET, Krisztina resigned
    director
  12. 2020-05-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-05-01
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-05-01
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  15. 2020-02-28
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  16. 2019-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-14
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    SOTET, Krisztina appointed
    director
  18. 2017-11-14
    ➖
    SZABO, Tamas resigned
    director
  19. 2016-05-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HUNGARIAN SAUSAGE LTD
  20. 2016-05-06
    ➕
    SZABO, Tamas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mrs Marta Huszti
Individual · Hungarian · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/06/2020
Mr Tamas Szabo
Individual · Hungarian · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

54 Wrexham Close
Callands
Warrington
WA5 9RL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last: 2026-06-15

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SZABO, Tamas→
director · ~63y · appointed 2020-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOTET, Krisztina→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-11-14 · resigned 2020-05-01
Resigned
SZABO, Tamas→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-05-06 · resigned 2017-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-24
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-24