HONTEN LIMITED
Opportunity 57/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (46/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2012-01-06📄gazette-dissolved-voluntarygazette · GAZ2(A)
- 2012-01-06🏁Company dissolved
- 2011-09-16📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2011-09-02📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2010-07-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2010-07-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-nameofficers · AP01
- 2010-07-23📄termination-director-company-with-nameofficers · TM01
- 2010-07-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-nameofficers · AP01
- 2010-07-22🏢Company incorporatedAs HONTEN LIMITED
- 2010-07-22➕JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-07-22➕COCHRANE-BARNETT, John Henry appointeddirector
- 2010-07-22➕JONES, John Gideon appointeddirector
- 2010-07-22➕MILLER, Innes Richard appointeddirector
- 2010-07-22➖MILLER, Innes Richard resigneddirector
- 2010-07-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2012-01-06
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