J. & G. HARDIE & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC038170 · ltd · incorporated 1962-11-21

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

£1.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.5y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (7 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

123 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,321

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2023-12-31
Net assets	£1.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-08-13
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accounts · AA
2024-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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officers · RP04AP01
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-25
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address · AD01
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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mortgage · MR01
2021-12-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-06
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officers · AP01
2021-12-06
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officers · AP01
2021-12-06
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officers · AP01
2021-12-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-06
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officers · TM01
2021-12-06
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officers · TM02
2021-11-29
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capital · SH02
2021-11-29
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capital · SH01
2021-11-25
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AITKEN, Brian Anthony appointed
director
2021-11-25
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BUCHAN, Ian Andrew John appointed
director
2021-11-25
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KOMANSKI, Bartosz Michal appointed
director
2021-11-25
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PIRRIE, James Mcnab appointed
director
2021-11-25
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PIRRIE, John Syme appointed
director
2021-11-25
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HARDIE, Katharine Joan Ingram resigned
secretary
2021-11-25
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HARDIE, Katharine Joan Ingram resigned
director
2021-11-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Nevis Capital LLP as Security Trustee
2019-02-01
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FERGUSON, Isobel appointed
director
2001-07-13
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HARDIE, Fergus Allan Graeme resigned
secretary
2001-07-13
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HARDIE, Katharine Joan Ingram appointed
secretary
2001-07-12
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HARDIE, Donald David Graeme resigned
director
2001-07-12
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HARDIE, Katharine Joan Ingram appointed
director
2001-07-12
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HARDIE, Sheena Catherine resigned
director
2000-05-09
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HARDIE, Sheena Catherine appointed
director
1992-10-08
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HARDIE, Bonar Graeme resigned
secretary
1992-06-19
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HARDIE, Fergus Allan Graeme appointed
director
1992-06-19
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HARDIE, Fergus Allan Graeme appointed
secretary
1992-06-19
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HARDIE, Bonar Graeme resigned
director
1992-06-19
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HARDIE, Donald David Graeme appointed
director
1992-06-19
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HARDIE, Sheina Ryan Finlay resigned
director
1962-11-21
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Company incorporated
As J. & G. HARDIE & CO. LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARDIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 64 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.)

Group structure

Hardie Polymers Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hardie Polymers Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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J. & G. HARDIE & CO. LIMITED

This company · SC038170

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Hardie Polymers Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/11/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Fergus Allan Graeme Hardieceased 25/11/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1962-11-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Cadder House Unit 4, 160 Clober Road

Milngavie

Glasgow

East Dunbartonshire

G62 7LW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-22

Last: 2026-01-08