HFD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC750566 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-16

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (11 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

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

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30
Operating profit	£-62.4k
Average employees	0

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

filings

• 2 other
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2026-04-21
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2026-04-21
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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ANDERSON, Thomas resigned
director
2025-03-24
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officers · TM01
2025-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-13
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capital · SH19
2023-07-13
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legacy
capital · SH20
2023-07-13
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legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2023-07-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-11
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capital · SH01
2023-07-11
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capital · SH02
2023-07-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-16
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Company incorporated
As HFD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
2022-11-16
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HILL, Danielle Jean appointed
director
2022-11-16
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HILL, Karene Catherine appointed
director
2022-11-16
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HILL, Rosemary appointed
director
2022-11-16
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HILL, William Dale appointed
director
2022-11-16
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HILL, William Keir appointed
director
2022-11-16
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LEWIS, Stephen appointed
director
2022-11-16
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LEWIS, Terri appointed
director
2022-11-16
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MCKENZIE, Lauren Dale appointed
director
2022-11-16
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OVENDEN, Katrina Jan appointed
director
2022-11-16
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QUINN, Daniel appointed
director
2022-11-16
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TEAPE, Stuart James appointed
director
2022-11-16
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ANDERSON, Thomas appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 high ·

1 insolvency-related filing on record

high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2023-07-13: legacy

Group structure

Hfd Holdco Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Hfd Holdco Limited

Corporate parent

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HFD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · SC750566

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Hfd Holdco Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/10/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

The Trustees Of The Alexander 2008 Trustceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
William Dale Hillceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2022-11-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

177 Bothwell Street

Glasgow

G2 7ER

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-29

Last: 2025-11-15