EHPH LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
NI666493 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£18.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Portrait photographic activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,752
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£19k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£15k£22k£30k£37kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£27.2k£15.8k
Current assets£37.0k£32.2k
Cash£18.8k£27.8k
Net assets£18.8k£14.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2022-12-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EHPH LTD
  9. 2019-12-12
    HOOKS, Elaine Florence Jayne appointed
    director
  10. 2019-12-12
    HOOKS, Philip Noel John appointed
    director
  11. 2019-12-12
    HOOKS, Philip Noel John appointed
    director
  12. 2019-12-12
    HOOKS, Philip Noel John resigned
    director
  13. 2019-12-12
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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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elaine Florence Jayne Hooks
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/12/2019

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
Incorporated2019-12-12
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC74201 — Portrait photographic activities

Registered office

136 Orangefield Crescent
Belfast
BT6 9GJ
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOOKS, Elaine Florence Jayne
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-12-12
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Active
HOOKS, Philip Noel John
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-12-12
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Active
HOOKS, Philip Noel John
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-12-12 · resigned 2019-12-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-12-12