HAC PRIVATE HIRE LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC569092 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-19

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 5 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 50 → 90
· Bankability: 55 → 75
· Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
· Opportunity score: 66 → 76

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 5 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 5 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
↑Opportunity score: 66 → 76
↑Hygiene score: 50 → 90
↑Bankability: 55 → 75
↑Filings: 20 → 24
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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49320

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,803 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

↓ 100% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£2	£25.9k	£34.4k
Current assets	—	£7.6k	£14.3k
Net assets	£2	£8.8k	£7.9k

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

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-08
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accounts · AA
2026-05-26
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gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-11
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gazette · DISS40
2018-09-10
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officers · CH01
2018-09-04
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gazette · GAZ1
2017-12-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-06-19
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Company incorporated
As HAC PRIVATE HIRE LTD
2017-06-19
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SAJJAD, Mohammad Anwar appointed
director
2017-06-19
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mohammad Anwar Sajjad Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	19/06/2017

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-06-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

19-25 Scotland Street

Glasgow

G5 8NB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-28

Last: 2026-06-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SAJJAD, Mohammad Anwar→

director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-19

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-30

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-08

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-17