HFD INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC325427 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-13

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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30
Average employees	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2026-04-02
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other · GUARANTEE2
2026-04-02
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other · AGREEMENT2
2026-03-19
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accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-03-13
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other · AGREEMENT2
2025-03-13
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other · GUARANTEE2
2025-01-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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other · GUARANTEE2
2024-01-22
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other · AGREEMENT2
2023-06-23
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accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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2023-06-23
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other · AGREEMENT2
2023-06-23
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-02-08
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address · AD01
2023-02-08
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address · AD01
2022-03-17
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accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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accounts · AA01
2021-02-15
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OVENDEN, Katrina Jan appointed
director
2021-02-15
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HILL, William Dale resigned
director
2021-02-15
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SHEARER, David John resigned
director
2016-04-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2015-03-27
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SHEARER, David John appointed
director
2014-02-17
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SHIELDS, Charles Anthony resigned
secretary
2007-06-20
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HILL, Rosemary appointed
director
2007-06-20
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SHIELDS, Charles Anthony appointed
secretary
2007-06-20
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MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-06-20
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HILL, William Dale appointed
director
2007-06-20
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MD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-06-13
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Company incorporated
As HFD INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
2007-06-13
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MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-06-13
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MD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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

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Hfd Services Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HFD INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

This company · SC325427

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Hfd Services Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	05/09/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr William Dale Hillceased 05/09/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-06-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

177 Bothwell Street

Glasgow

G2 7ER

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-27

Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HILL, Rosemary→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-06-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OVENDEN, Katrina Jan→

director · ~47y · appointed 2021-02-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHIELDS, Charles Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2014-02-17

Resigned

MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2007-06-20

Resigned

HILL, William Dale→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2021-02-15

Resigned

SHEARER, David John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2021-02-15

Resigned

MD DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2007-06-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Santander Santander UK PLC	A registered charge	—	06/04/2016	—

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Recent filings (79 total)

legacy

accounts · PARENT_ACC

2026-04-02

legacy

other · GUARANTEE2

2026-04-02

legacy

other · AGREEMENT2

2026-04-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-13

legacy

accounts · PARENT_ACC

2025-03-24

legacy

other · AGREEMENT2

2025-03-13

legacy

other · GUARANTEE2

2025-03-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-01-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-20

legacy

accounts · PARENT_ACC

2024-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-23

legacy

other · GUARANTEE2

2024-01-23

legacy

other · AGREEMENT2

2024-01-22