HOSTWAVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC366873 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-15
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 11.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£372.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 11.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £372,084

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£724k
Net Worth
£372k
Current Assets
£1.1m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£386.6k
Current assets£1.10M
Cash£724.5k
Debtors£352.9k
Net assets£372.1k

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.

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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-01-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-06-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2020-02-15
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2019-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-08-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: West of Scotland Loan Fund
  19. 2014-05-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2010-05-01
    ➕
    CLAXTON, Jenny Constance appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-19
    ➕
    FLYNN, Thomas John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-10-19
    ➕
    FLYNN, Thomas John appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-19
    ➖
    TOWNSEND, Paul Michael resigned
    director
  24. 2009-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As HOSTWAVE LIMITED
  25. 2009-10-15
    ➕
    TOWNSEND, Paul Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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

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Hostwave Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HOSTWAVE LIMITED
This company · SC366873

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hostwave Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting12/06/2017
Mr Thomas John Flynn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Suite 45 Grovewood Business Centre Wren Court
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
ML4 3NQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FLYNN, Thomas John→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-19
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Active
CLAXTON, Jenny Constance→
director · ~43y · appointed 2010-05-01
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Active
FLYNN, Thomas John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOWNSEND, Paul Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2009-10-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
West of Scotland Loan Fund
A registered charge—06/08/201415/02/2020
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/05/2014—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30