H G RAND & SONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11413145 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Net Worth
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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 employees3300

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2022-10-25
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2022-10-25
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  8. 2022-10-25
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    capital · SH10
  9. 2022-10-25
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    capital · SH10
  10. 2022-10-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-03-01
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    RAND, Harry resigned
    director
  16. 2019-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2018-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As H G RAND & SONS LIMITED
  19. 2018-06-13
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    RAND, Christopher David appointed
    director
  20. 2018-06-13
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    RAND, Peter George appointed
    director
  21. 2018-06-13
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    RAND, Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2018-06-13
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    RAND, Harry appointed
    director
  23. 2018-06-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Rand
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/06/2018

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
Incorporated2018-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

First Floor 1 Des Roches Square
Witan Way
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 4BE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

RAND, Christopher David→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAND, Peter George→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAND, Richard→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAND, Harry→
director · ~82y · appointed 2018-06-13 · resigned 2020-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-25
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-10-25
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-10-25
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-10-25
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-10-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04