H F CONTROLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC151777 · ltd · incorporated 1994-07-01
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.34M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 23.9y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,342,595
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£980k
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£2.3m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£3.0m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£595k£1.2m£1.8m£2.4m£3.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.34M£2.05M
Current assets£2.97M£2.52M
Cash£979.7k£1.32M
Debtors£1.87M£1.06M
Net assets£2.34M£2.05M

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-03-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-13
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    mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  7. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2017-06-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  15. 2017-03-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-03-01
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    FULTON, Joyce Jean resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2016-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2014-03-18
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    NICOLSON, Jill Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2013-10-01
    ➕
    FULTON, Hugh Russell appointed
    director
  22. 2007-03-15
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    FULTON, Thomas Bonnar resigned
    director
  23. 2007-02-09
    ➖
    HUTTON, David resigned
    director
  24. 2003-07-01
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    DUFFY, Brendan appointed
    director
  25. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    FERGUSON, John Archibald appointed
    director
  26. 2003-07-01
    ➖
    BUCHANAN, Alan James resigned
    director
  27. 2003-07-01
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    COWAN, James Torrance resigned
    director
  28. 2002-05-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  29. 2002-04-06
    ➕
    FULTON, Anne Patricia appointed
    director
  30. 2002-04-06
    ➕
    HUTTON, David appointed
    director
  31. 2000-03-06
    ➖
    HANNAH, Geoffrey Hugh resigned
    director
  32. 2000-03-06
    ➖
    MUNRO, Howard Robert resigned
    director
  33. 1994-11-25
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Alan James appointed
    director
  34. 1994-11-25
    ➕
    COWAN, James Torrance appointed
    director
  35. 1994-11-25
    ➕
    HANNAH, Geoffrey Hugh appointed
    director
  36. 1994-11-25
    ➕
    MUNRO, Howard Robert appointed
    director
  37. 1994-07-20
    ➕
    FULTON, Hugh Macbrayne appointed
    director
  38. 1994-07-20
    ➕
    FULTON, Joyce Jean appointed
    secretary
  39. 1994-07-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1994-07-20
    ➕
    FULTON, Thomas Bonnar appointed
    director
  41. 1994-07-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  42. 1994-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As H F CONTROLS LIMITED
  43. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  44. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

Hf Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hf Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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H F CONTROLS LIMITED
This company · SC151777

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
Hf Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1994-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

100 Albert Drive
Glasgow
G41 2SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (6 active · 9 resigned)

DUFFY, Brendan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, John Archibald→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FULTON, Anne Patricia→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-04-06
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Active
FULTON, Hugh Russell→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-10-01
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Active
FULTON, Hugh Macbrayne→
director · ~75y · appointed 1994-07-20
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Active
NICOLSON, Jill Elizabeth→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FULTON, Joyce Jean→
secretary · appointed 1994-07-20 · resigned 2017-03-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 1994-07-20
Resigned
BUCHANAN, Alan James→
director · ~74y · appointed 1994-11-25 · resigned 2003-07-01
Resigned
COWAN, James Torrance→
director · ~73y · appointed 1994-11-25 · resigned 2003-07-01
Resigned
FULTON, Thomas Bonnar→
director · ~72y · appointed 1994-07-20 · resigned 2007-03-15
Resigned
HANNAH, Geoffrey Hugh→
director · ~72y · appointed 1994-11-25 · resigned 2000-03-06
Resigned
HUTTON, David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-06 · resigned 2007-02-09
Resigned
MUNRO, Howard Robert→
director · ~81y · appointed 1994-11-25 · resigned 2000-03-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 1994-07-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—19/06/2017—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property30/05/200214/03/2024
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Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-02
mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-17