HMCP HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14542289 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-15
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.90M
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,900,100

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
Net Worth
£1.9m
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Total assets£1.90M
Current assets£100
Cash£100
Net assets£1.90M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-11-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-11-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2023-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2023-10-31
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    BIRKETT, Darrel Lawrence appointed
    director
  16. 2023-10-31
    ➕
    BIRKETT, Jennifer Louise Devine appointed
    director
  17. 2023-10-31
    ➖
    ASPINALL, Ian resigned
    director
  18. 2023-10-31
    ➖
    DARLINGTON, Clifford Lewis resigned
    director
  19. 2023-10-31
    ➖
    DARLINGTON, Katherine Anna Louise resigned
    director
  20. 2023-10-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2023-06-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2022-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As HMCP HOLDINGS LIMITED
  23. 2022-12-15
    ➕
    ASPINALL, Ian appointed
    director
  24. 2022-12-15
    ➕
    DARLINGTON, Clifford Lewis appointed
    director
  25. 2022-12-15
    ➕
    DARLINGTON, Katherine Anna Louise appointed
    director
  26. 2022-12-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Cool Designs Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cool Designs Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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HMCP HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 14542289

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cool Designs Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/10/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Katherine Anna Louise Darlingtonceased 31/10/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Cool Designs Limited East Gateshead Industrial Estate
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BIRKETT, Darrel Lawrence→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRKETT, Jennifer Louise Devine→
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASPINALL, Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-12-15 · resigned 2023-10-31
Resigned
DARLINGTON, Clifford Lewis→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-12-15 · resigned 2023-10-31
Resigned
DARLINGTON, Katherine Anna Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-12-15 · resigned 2023-10-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—31/10/2023—
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-01