HODGE CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC209832 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → clean_up_first
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 0 improved, 0 worsened.

  • ·Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → clean_up_first
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£106.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 25.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £106,894
Net assets shrinking
Down £31,170 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Net Worth
£107k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£148k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£71k£142k£212k£283k£354kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£124.4k£160.1k£317.1k
Current assets£148.4k£183.7k£353.8k
Cash£21.2k£22.4k£43.0k
Net assets£106.9k£138.1k£280.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-05-30
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  3. 2024-05-30
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  4. 2023-05-30
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  5. 2022-08-31
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  6. 2021-08-31
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  7. 2020-08-31
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  8. 2019-05-31
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  9. 2018-05-30
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  10. 2017-05-31
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  11. 2016-05-31
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  12. 2015-12-23
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  13. 2015-12-23
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    Charge satisfied #3
  14. 2015-09-10
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  15. 2015-06-05
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  16. 2015-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-07-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  18. 2001-08-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  19. 2001-05-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 2000-08-11
    ➕
    HODGE, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-08-11
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    FREW, Gary appointed
    director
  22. 2000-08-11
    ➕
    HODGE, Thomas appointed
    director
  23. 2000-08-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-08-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  25. 2000-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As HODGE CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED
  26. 2000-08-09
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-08-09
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HODGE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Hodge
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting30/06/2016
Mr Gary Frew
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2000-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Station Road
Grangemouth
Falkirk
FK3 8DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HODGE, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-11
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Active
FREW, Gary→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-08-11
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Active
HODGE, Thomas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-08-11
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-09 · resigned 2000-08-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-08-09 · resigned 2000-08-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property30/07/200723/12/2015
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property16/08/2001—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property31/05/2001—
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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-31