H2B VENTURES LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
16303398 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-10
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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not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (46/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (8 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs H2B VENTURES LIMITED
- 2025-03-10➕BONNER, Paul Robert appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕BOOTH, Leanne appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕BROWN, Adam Raymond appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕BROWN, Clifford Raymond appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕BROWN, Rebecca Alice appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕HOWARTH, Paul John Arton, Dr appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕HOWARTH, Samuel Charles Arton appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕HOWARTH, Victoria Dawn appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Suite 11, The Old Fuel Depot
Twemlow Lane
Crewe
Cheshire
CW4 8GJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17
Officers (8 active · 0 resigned)
BONNER, Paul Robert→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-03-10
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BOOTH, Leanne→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-03-10
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BROWN, Adam Raymond→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2025-03-10
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BROWN, Clifford Raymond→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2025-03-10
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BROWN, Rebecca Alice→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-03-10
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HOWARTH, Paul John Arton, Dr→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2025-03-10
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HOWARTH, Samuel Charles Arton→
Activedirector · ~20y · appointed 2025-03-10
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HOWARTH, Victoria Dawn→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2025-03-10
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Recent filings (2 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-10