HSC INVESTMENTS LIMITED

📈Growthactive
06401886 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
18 officers (3 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,006,105

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£2.01M£1.12M
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2025-02-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-02
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2023-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-11-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-11-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-11-14
    KNIGHT, Mark Jonathan appointed
    director
  11. 2023-11-14
    SHELDRAKE, Peter John resigned
    director
  12. 2023-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-07-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-06-29
    ASHBROOK, Philip Peter resigned
    director
  21. 2018-06-29
    SHELDRAKE, Peter John appointed
    director
  22. 2016-01-25
    CAVILL, John Ivor appointed
    director
  23. 2016-01-25
    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2015-05-01
    ASHBROOK, Philip Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2015-05-01
    VEERAPEN, Priya Ruth resigned
    director
  26. 2011-11-18
    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2011-09-30
    REICHERTER, Matthias Alexander resigned
    director
  28. 2010-09-10
    BRADLEY, Victoria Louise resigned
    director
  29. 2010-09-10
    MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen resigned
    director
  30. 2010-09-10
    REICHERTER, Matthias Alexander appointed
    director
  31. 2010-09-10
    VEERAPEN, Priya Ruth appointed
    director
  32. 2009-11-04
    BRADLEY, Victoria Louise appointed
    director
  33. 2009-11-04
    BRADLEY, Victoria Louise resigned
    director
  34. 2009-10-14
    RITCHIE, Alan Campbell resigned
    director
  35. 2009-06-25
    JENNINGS, Oliver James Wake resigned
    director
  36. 2009-03-30
    BRADLEY, Victoria Louise appointed
    director
  37. 2009-03-19
    JENNINGS, Oliver James Wake appointed
    director
  38. 2009-03-19
    MCDONAGH, John resigned
    director
  39. 2009-03-19
    MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen appointed
    director
  40. 2009-03-19
    RITCHIE, Alan Campbell appointed
    director
  41. 2009-03-19
    RYAN, Michael Joseph resigned
    director
  42. 2007-11-22
    INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  43. 2007-11-22
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  44. 2007-11-22
    MCDONAGH, John appointed
    director
  45. 2007-11-22
    RYAN, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  46. 2007-11-22
    VINDEX LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  47. 2007-11-22
    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  48. 2007-10-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HSC INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  49. 2007-10-17
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  50. 2007-10-17
    VINDEX LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
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Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Biif Bidco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Biif Bidco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
HSC INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · 06401886

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Biif Bidco Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

8th Floor 6 Kean Street
London
WC2B 4AS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (3 active · 15 resigned)

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAVILL, John Ivor
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Mark Jonathan
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2007-11-22
Resigned
ASHBROOK, Philip Peter
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-05-01 · resigned 2018-06-29
Resigned
BRADLEY, Victoria Louise
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-11-04 · resigned 2010-09-10
Resigned
BRADLEY, Victoria Louise
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-03-30 · resigned 2009-11-04
Resigned
JENNINGS, Oliver James Wake
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2009-06-25
Resigned
MCDONAGH, John
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-11-22 · resigned 2009-03-19
Resigned
MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2010-09-10
Resigned
REICHERTER, Matthias Alexander
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-09-10 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
RITCHIE, Alan Campbell
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2009-10-14
Resigned
RYAN, Michael Joseph
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-11-22 · resigned 2009-03-19
Resigned
SHELDRAKE, Peter John
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-06-29 · resigned 2023-11-14
Resigned
VEERAPEN, Priya Ruth
director · ~46y · appointed 2010-09-10 · resigned 2015-05-01
Resigned
BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2011-11-18 · resigned 2016-01-25
Resigned
VINDEX LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2007-11-22
Resigned
VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2007-11-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-25
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-01-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-24