HOOTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02285147 · ltd · incorporated 1988-08-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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  3. 2024-05-23
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-05-23
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-12-05
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  6. 2023-12-05
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  7. 2023-12-05
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  8. 2023-10-05
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    JOICEY, Agnes Harriet Frances Mary, Lady appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-05
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    JOICEY, Bridget Alison appointed
    director
  10. 2023-10-05
    ➕
    JOICEY, William James, The Honourable appointed
    director
  11. 2023-10-05
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    SAMPSON, Guy George resigned
    secretary
  12. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-08
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    officers · AP03
  18. 2018-08-08
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    officers · TM02
  19. 2018-08-08
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  20. 2018-07-30
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    CUDDIGAN, Mark resigned
    secretary
  21. 2018-07-30
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    SAMPSON, Guy George appointed
    secretary
  22. 2017-08-18
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  23. 1999-02-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Right Honourable James Michael 5TH Baron Joicey
  24. 1993-06-14
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    JOICEY, Michael Edward, The Right Honourable resigned
    director
  25. 1988-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As HOOTS LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JOICEY, Bridget Alison (same surname) appointed 2023-10-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Ford & Etal (Trustees) Ltd
Corporate parent
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Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Ltd
Corporate parent
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HOOTS LIMITED
This company · 02285147

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ford & Etal (Trustees) Ltd
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest17/08/2017
Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Ltd
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest17/08/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Trustees Of Fourth Lord Joicey Grandchildren's Settlementceased 01/08/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest

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
Incorporated1988-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

The Estate Office
Ford Village
Berwick-On-Tweed
TD15 2QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

JOICEY, Agnes Harriet Frances Mary, Lady→
director · ~70y · appointed 2023-10-05
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Active
JOICEY, Bridget Alison→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-10-05
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Active
JOICEY, James Michael, Lord→
director · ~73y
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Active
JOICEY, William James, The Honourable→
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUDDIGAN, Mark→
secretary · resigned 2018-07-30
Resigned
SAMPSON, Guy George→
secretary · appointed 2018-07-30 · resigned 2023-10-05
Resigned
JOICEY, Michael Edward, The Right Honourable→
director · ~101y · resigned 1993-06-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Right Honourable James Michael 5TH Baron Joicey
Debenture1 property25/02/1999—
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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-19