HEAVENOR TOOLS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC758748 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-13
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 steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 13 → 15
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1315
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25730
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). 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 (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-02-282025-02-282024-02-29

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-05-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-07-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-03-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As HEAVENOR TOOLS LIMITED
  11. 2023-02-13
    HEAVENOR, Glen Macdonald appointed
    director
  12. 2023-02-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HEAVENOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glen Macdonald Heavenor
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/02/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Shih Mee Ling Mary Heavenorceased 27/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25730 — SIC 25730

Registered office

Cawder House, 175 Nithsdale Road
Pollokshields
Glasgow
City Of Glasgow
G41 5QR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HEAVENOR, Glen Macdonald
director · ~74y · appointed 2023-02-13
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-13