HARDIE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222639 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 6.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.4 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-07-30
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  5. 2025-07-30
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  6. 2025-07-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-04-30
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-06-20
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  11. 2024-06-20
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  12. 2024-06-20
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  13. 2024-06-20
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  14. 2024-01-22
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  15. 2024-01-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-09-15
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    HARDIE, Grant Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2022-09-15
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Aline Janet appointed
    director
  20. 2022-09-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2022-09-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-12-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2001-08-29
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    Company incorporated
    As HARDIE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  25. 2001-08-29
    ➕
    HARDIE, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-08-29
    ➕
    HARDIE, David George appointed
    director
  27. 2001-08-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-08-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-08-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2001-08-29
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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
  • +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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HARDIE, Grant Douglas (same surname) appointed 2022-09-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Fiona Hardie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest02/12/2020
Mr David George Hardie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Braeside
Kirkgunzeon
Dumfries
DG2 8LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HARDIE, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDIE, David George→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-08-29
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Active
HARDIE, Grant Douglas→
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-09-15
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Active
MACLEAN, Aline Janet→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-29 · resigned 2001-08-29
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-29 · resigned 2001-08-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property13/12/2019—
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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20