HARVEY B LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC544044 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-30
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-22.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,849
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£150
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£23k-£6k£10k£26k£43k£59kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-272024-02-27
Total assets£-10.4k£1.7k
Current assets£54.1k£59.1k
Cash£150£734
Debtors£157—
Net assets£-22.8k£-13.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-09
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    WALKER, Patricia appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-03
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    WALKER, Rebecca Elizabeth resigned
    director
  5. 2024-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-09-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-09-09
    ➖
    WALKER, Patricia resigned
    director
  10. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-10-11
    ➕
    WALKER, Rebecca Elizabeth appointed
    director
  15. 2021-02-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2021-02-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2021-02-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-08-30
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    Company incorporated
    As HARVEY B LIMITED
  21. 2016-08-30
    ➕
    WALKER, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2016-08-30
    ➕
    WALKER, Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Waker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/02/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Patricia Walkerceased 09/09/2024· 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
Incorporated2016-08-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

16 Centurion Way
Falkirk
FK2 7YH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to: 2025-02-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WALKER, Andrew→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-08-30
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Active
WALKER, Patricia→
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-10-09
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Active
WALKER, Patricia→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-08-30 · resigned 2024-09-09
Resigned
WALKER, Rebecca Elizabeth→
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-10-11 · resigned 2024-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-17