JOHN HOGARTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC018340 · ltd · incorporated 1935-02-27
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£7.64M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10611
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £7,639,365
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3.3m
↑ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£7.6m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6.4m
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.5m£3.1m£4.6m£6.1m£7.6mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£8.52M£8.49M
Current assets£6.40M£6.22M
Cash£3.31M£3.01M
Debtors£1.47M£1.92M
Net assets£7.64M£7.56M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-08-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-08-02
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    STOBO, James resigned
    director
  8. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-09-15
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    KERR, Katharine appointed
    director
  13. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2018-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-05-22
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    KENTISH BARNES, Timothy James resigned
    director
  18. 2018-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-01-01
    ➕
    KENTISH BARNES, Timothy James appointed
    director
  21. 2016-09-01
    ➖
    MILLER, Ian Gibson Ashbridge resigned
    director
  22. 2011-03-18
    ➕
    DOUGLAS-HOME, Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2007-12-01
    ➕
    KER, Fiona Margret appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-11-30
    ➖
    MILLER, Ian Gibson Ashbridge resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-09-23
    ➖
    MURRAY, James Peter resigned
    director
  26. 1996-05-01
    ➕
    VEITCH, John Douglas appointed
    director
  27. 1992-09-03
    ➖
    REDDIHOUGH, Eric Heaton resigned
    director
  28. 1991-09-23
    ➖
    BROWN, David Rainy resigned
    director
  29. 1935-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JOHN HOGARTH LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 91 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Douglas Veitch
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Michael Charles Hogg
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Douglas-Home
Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Stoboceased 02/08/2023· significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated1935-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611

Registered office

Kelso Mills
Mill Wynd
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 7HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

KER, Fiona Margret→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-01
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Active
DOUGLAS-HOME, Andrew→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-03-18
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Active
HOGG, Michael Charles→
director · ~70y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERR, Katharine→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VEITCH, John Douglas→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Ian Gibson Ashbridge→
secretary · resigned 2007-11-30
Resigned
BROWN, David Rainy→
director · ~90y · resigned 1991-09-23
Resigned
KENTISH BARNES, Timothy James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2018-05-22
Resigned
MILLER, Ian Gibson Ashbridge→
director · ~82y · resigned 2016-09-01
Resigned
MURRAY, James Peter→
director · ~103y · resigned 2005-09-23
Resigned
REDDIHOUGH, Eric Heaton→
director · ~110y · resigned 1992-09-03
Resigned
STOBO, James→
director · ~92y · resigned 2023-08-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17