HORSE AND HOUND SALES LTD

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15855574 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-24
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
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-5.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,717
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£6k
Current Assets
£136
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£346
Current assets£136
Net assets£-5.7k

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

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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 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-07-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HORSE AND HOUND SALES LTD
  6. 2024-07-24
    GIBNEY, Anthony James appointed
    director
  7. 2024-07-24
    GIBNEY, Oliver Nathan appointed
    director
  8. 2024-07-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Oliver Nathan Gibney
Individual · British · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/07/2024
Mr Anthony James Gibney
Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/07/2024

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
Incorporated2024-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

71 Runcorn Road
Barnton
Northwich
CW8 4ES
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GIBNEY, Anthony James
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-07-24
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Active
GIBNEY, Oliver Nathan
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-07-24
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-24