HAFLINGER TECHNIK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC246064 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£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 employees300300

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
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-07-13
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-16
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  4. 2024-12-29
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  5. 2023-12-18
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  6. 2022-10-03
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  7. 2021-11-08
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  8. 2020-11-23
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  9. 2019-12-09
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  10. 2018-08-10
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  11. 2017-12-29
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  12. 2017-11-15
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-10-04
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  14. 2016-03-21
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  15. 2015-12-24
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  16. 2003-10-10
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    HARRISON, Victoria appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-10-10
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    HARRISON, Dale Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2003-10-10
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  19. 2003-10-10
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  20. 2003-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As HAFLINGER TECHNIK LIMITED
  21. 2003-03-20
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-03-20
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dale Andrew Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Block A
Roadmeetings Industrial Estate
Carluke
Lanarkshire
ML8 4QE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARRISON, Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-10
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Active
HARRISON, Dale Andrew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-10-10
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Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-20 · resigned 2003-10-10
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-20 · resigned 2003-10-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23