CN HYGIENE SOLUTIONS LTD

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NI058840 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£23.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £23,602

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£24k
Current Assets
£168k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-01
Total assets£50.9k
Current assets£167.5k
Net assets£23.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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  2. 2025-10-01
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  3. 2025-07-02
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  4. 2025-04-03
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  5. 2024-11-04
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  6. 2024-07-04
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  7. 2024-04-04
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  8. 2023-10-06
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  9. 2023-07-06
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  10. 2023-04-06
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  11. 2023-03-23
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  12. 2022-06-24
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  13. 2022-03-28
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  14. 2022-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  15. 2021-10-20
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  16. 2021-06-25
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  17. 2020-09-26
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  18. 2020-06-27
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    accounts · AA01
  19. 2006-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CN HYGIENE SOLUTIONS LTD
  20. 2006-04-05
    ➕
    SYBAN LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-04-05
    ➕
    SURGEON, Michael Herbert appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-05
    ➕
    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-04-05
    ➖
    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Herbert Surgeon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-05
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

248 Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast
BT4 3EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last made up to: 2024-07-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SYBAN LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SURGEON, Michael Herbert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-05
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Active
KANE, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-05 · resigned 2006-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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accounts · AA01
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24