H & I ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC053292 · ltd · incorporated 1973-06-06

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 48.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 48.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 48.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	2900	2900

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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mortgage · MR04
2026-03-31
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Charge satisfied #2
2026-01-27
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accounts · AA
2025-11-06
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officers · AP01
2025-11-06
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officers · AP01
2025-10-27
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ARMSTRONG, Abbi appointed
director
2025-10-27
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ARMSTRONG, Craig George appointed
director
2025-02-06
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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accounts · AA
2022-02-15
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accounts · AA
2021-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-16
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accounts · AA
2017-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-28
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accounts · AA
2016-01-05
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accounts · AA
2015-10-28
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annual-return · AR01
2007-10-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-07-03
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MECHAN, John appointed
director
1978-04-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1978-04-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1973-06-06
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Company incorporated
As H & I ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sheila Hind Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Graham Hind Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1973-06-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25290 — SIC 25290

Registered office

Solway Works

Eastriggs

Annan

Dumfriesshire

DG12 6NJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-09

Last: 2025-10-26