HFD GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC362322 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-08

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 68). 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 9.7y

60/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (11 active, 15 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £631,448

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30
Operating profit	£-760.5k
Profit before tax	£-631.4k
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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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accounts · AA
2025-04-17
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-03-31
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-03-31
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-03-24
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ANDERSON, Thomas Duncan resigned
director
2025-03-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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address · AD01
2023-02-08
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address · AD01
2022-08-22
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TEAPE, Stuart James appointed
director
2022-08-22
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officers · AP01
2022-04-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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SHEARER, David John resigned
director
2022-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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accounts · AA01
2021-05-03
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LEWIS, Terri appointed
director
2021-05-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-25
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officers · AP01
2021-02-15
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HILL, Karene Catherine appointed
director
2021-02-15
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HILL, William Keir appointed
director
2021-02-15
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LEWIS, Stephen appointed
director
2021-02-15
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QUINN, Daniel appointed
director
2021-02-15
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SHEARER, David John appointed
director
2020-02-15
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OVENDEN, Katrina Jan appointed
director
2020-02-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-01-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-05-22
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LAMONT, Julian Callum resigned
director
2016-10-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC as Security Agent for the Finance Parties and Security Trustees for the Secured Parties Both as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01
2016-10-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent for the Finance Parties and Security Trustee for the Secured Parties Both as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01
2015-05-13
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LAMONT, Julian Callum appointed
director
2014-12-11
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HILL, Danielle Jean appointed
director
2014-12-11
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MCKENZIE, Lauren Dale appointed
director
2014-11-03
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ANDERSON, Thomas Duncan appointed
director
2014-02-17
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SHIELDS, Charles Anthony resigned
secretary
2009-07-08
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Company incorporated
As HFD GROUP LIMITED
2009-07-08
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HILL, Rosemary appointed
director
2009-07-08
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HILL, William Dale appointed
director
2009-07-08
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SHIELDS, Charles Anthony appointed
secretary

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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hfd Group Holdings Limited

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

ultimate parent

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HFD GROUP LIMITED

This company · SC362322

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 Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	04/07/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr William Dale Hillceased 04/07/2023· 25-50% shares
The Alexander Trustceased 04/07/2023· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2009-07-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

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: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08