HS1 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03539665 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-02

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

£293.40M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49319

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 14 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

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Refinance opportunity

32 live charges · 14 lenders · oldest 27.2y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 27.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 14 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 63/100 (high).

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

32 charges (32/32 with lender, 32/32 with type)

Directors & officers

63 officers (11 active, 63 linked, 57 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

23 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

296 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101

Profitable

Profit before tax £136,600,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2025-03-31
Turnover	£293.40M
Gross profit	£58.20M
Profit before tax	£136.60M
Average employees	5900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (187 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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officers · CH01
2025-10-29
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officers · CH01
2025-08-04
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accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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officers · AP01
2024-10-23
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officers · AP01
2024-10-23
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officers · TM01
2024-10-17
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GURNEY-READ, Ross Adam appointed
director
2024-10-17
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MERLE, Virginie appointed
director
2024-10-17
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RACINE, Olivier-Marie Henri resigned
director
2024-07-18
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accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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officers · AP01
2024-04-25
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CARTER, Jonathan Laurence David appointed
director
2024-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-19
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FARRER, Alan Mark resigned
director
2024-03-25
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officers · TM01
2024-03-25
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officers · AP01
2024-03-14
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SINCLAIR, Robert Gary appointed
director
2024-03-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-23
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ROBSON, Patrick Thomas resigned
director
2023-12-19
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officers · TM01
2023-12-15
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CROWTHER, Diane resigned
director
2023-11-08
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officers · AP03
2023-10-19
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GOULD, Caroline Mary appointed
secretary
2023-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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officers · TM02
2023-05-11
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CLARKE-BODICOAT, Lucy Ann resigned
secretary
2023-01-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-25
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CROWTHER, Diane appointed
director
2023-01-25
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DEACON, Andrew Brian resigned
director
2023-01-25
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FARRER, Alan Mark appointed
director
2022-07-28
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mortgage · MR01
2022-07-26
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Charge registered #32
Lender: Network Rail (High Speed) Limited
2022-07-11
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accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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HARDING, David John resigned
director
2022-03-10
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OSBORNE, Michael Peter Francis appointed
director
2021-08-20
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Charge registered #31
Lender: Network Rail (High Speed) Limited
2021-06-11
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DEACON, Andrew Brian appointed
director
2021-06-11
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RACINE, Olivier-Marie Henri appointed
director
2021-06-11
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SPRINGETT, Scott resigned
director
2021-06-11
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WOODHAMS, Mark Richard resigned
director
2019-06-12
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HARDING, David John appointed
director
2019-06-12
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ROBSON, Patrick Thomas appointed
director
2019-01-28
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LENESS, Amanda Vanderneth appointed
director
2019-01-28
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BHUWANIA, Achal Prakash resigned
director
2018-11-19
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LOOMES, Ben Robert resigned
director
2018-07-20
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PITT, Andrew Christopher appointed
director
2018-07-20
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WAYMENT, Mark Christopher resigned
director
2018-04-30
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LUDEMAN, Keith Lawrence appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

14 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Betjeman Holdings Limited

Corporate parent

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Helix Acquisition Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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HS1 LIMITED

This company · 03539665

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Helix Acquisition Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	10/10/2016
Betjeman Holdings Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/09/2017

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

5th Floor, Kings Place

90 York Way

London

N1 9AG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02