MR HOLT'S LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13773936 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-4.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10821
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10822SIC 10822
- 46360Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
- 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,301
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£38k
Net Worth
-£4k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↑ 180% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £228.3k | £69.8k |
| Current assets | £56.7k | £20.2k |
| Cash | £38.0k | — |
| Debtors | £5.6k | — |
| Net assets | £-4.3k | £-6.0k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dbw Investments (3) Limited
- 2023-10-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-09➕HOLT, Richard appointeddirector
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs MR HOLT'S LTD
- 2021-11-30➕HOLT, Richard Gareth appointeddirector
- 2021-11-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 "HOLT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HOLT, Richard Gareth (same surname) appointed 2021-11-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard Gareth Holt Individual · Welsh · DOB 08/1992 · age 34 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/11/2021 |
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
Incorporated2021-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10821 — SIC 10821
Registered office
Unit 3a Tregarnedd Business Park
Llangefni
Anglesey
LL77 7JD
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOLT, Richard→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2023-10-09
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HOLT, Richard Gareth→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2021-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Dbw Investments (3) Dbw Investments (3) Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 09/05/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (16 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23