HARTREE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC474747 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2014-04-08

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£0

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£0

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£0	£0
Net assets	£0	£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-01-07
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2025-01-16
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2024-01-19
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accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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accounts · AA
2021-11-17
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accounts · AA
2020-10-20
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accounts · AA
2019-10-11
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accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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address · AD01
2018-01-19
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accounts · AA
2017-04-13
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officers · TM01
2017-04-01
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MILLER, Robert Christopher Lane resigned
director
2017-01-12
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accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-21
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accounts · AA
2015-04-30
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-08
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Company incorporated
As HARTREE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTD
2014-04-08
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ATKINS, Nicholas John appointed
director
2014-04-08
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BALLANTINE, John Francis Russell appointed
director
2014-04-08
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MILLER, Robert Christopher Lane appointed
director

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nicholas John Atkins Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Francis Russell Ballantine Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2014-04-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

5 Hartree Square

Biggar

ML12 6JJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ATKINS, Nicholas John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-04-08

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Active

BALLANTINE, John Francis Russell→

director · ~70y · appointed 2014-04-08

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Active

MILLER, Robert Christopher Lane→

director · ~79y · appointed 2014-04-08 · resigned 2017-04-01

Resigned

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