HUB PACKAGING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
NI616476 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-25
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
£18.07M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 10 total, 10 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
🔒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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,497,313

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Turnover£18.07M
Gross profit£5.80M
Operating profit£2.47M
Profit before tax£2.50M
Average employees4700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-07-16
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  3. 2023-10-26
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  4. 2023-01-30
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  15. 2023-01-14
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    CROZIER, Jayne resigned
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  16. 2022-05-23
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  17. 2021-08-25
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  18. 2021-07-14
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  19. 2021-07-14
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  22. 2021-06-03
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    LYONS, Jonathan Marcus, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  23. 2013-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As HUB PACKAGING LTD.
  24. 2013-01-25
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    BRENNAN, Russell appointed
    director
  25. 2013-01-25
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    COLDRICK, Julian, Mr. appointed
    director
  26. 2013-01-25
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    CROZIER, Benjamin appointed
    director
  27. 2013-01-25
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    CROZIER, Jayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Hub Packaging Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hub Packaging Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HUB PACKAGING LTD.
This company · NI616476

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
Hub Packaging Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting15/01/2023
9 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Finchley Morgan Limitedceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Vlh Developments Limitedceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Malcolm Benjamin Crozierceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Mr. Julian Coldrickceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Mr Russell Brennanceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Fiona Jayne Brennanceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Mr Jonathan Marcus Lyonsceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Anita Coldrickceased 15/01/2023· significant influence
  • Margaret Jayne Crozierceased 15/01/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2013-01-25
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

11 Newry Road
Rathfriland
Newry
County Down
BT34 5AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LYONS, Jonathan Marcus, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2021-06-03
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Active
BRENNAN, Russell→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-01-25
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Active
COLDRICK, Julian, Mr.→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-01-25
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Active
CROZIER, Benjamin→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-01-25
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Active
CROZIER, Jayne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-01-25 · resigned 2023-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
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2025-07-24
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2025-01-10
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accounts · AA
2024-07-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
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accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
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2023-01-30
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