HIGH SPEED RAIL FINANCE (1) PLC

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08346271 · plc · incorporated 2013-01-03

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.2y 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

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

35 officers (10 active, 35 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

23 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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officers · CH01
2025-08-01
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accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
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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RACINE, Olivier-Marie Henri resigned
director
2024-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-25
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CARTER, Jonathan Laurence David appointed
director
2024-03-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
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
2023-11-10
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officers · AP03
2023-10-19
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GOULD, Caroline Mary appointed
secretary
2023-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-11
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CLARKE-BODICOAT, Lucy Ann resigned
secretary
2022-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-01
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HARDING, David John resigned
director
2022-03-23
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officers · AP01
2022-03-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-10
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OSBORNE, Michael Peter Francis appointed
director
2022-03-10
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DEACON, Andrew Brian resigned
director
2021-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-15
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officers · AP01
2021-06-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
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
2018-04-30
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O'HALLORAN, James Anthony resigned
director
2018-04-30
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WOODHAMS, Mark Richard appointed
director
2017-12-08
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HOOD, Colin resigned
director
2017-12-08
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NEWTON, Robert James resigned
director
2017-12-08
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SPRINGETT, Scott appointed
director
2017-09-06
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JONES, Siôn Laurence appointed
director
2017-09-06
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BHUWANIA, Achal Prakash appointed
director
2017-09-06
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GUCCIONE, John Anthony resigned
director
2017-09-06
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HALL, Alastair Colin resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 82 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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

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

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Helix Acquisition Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HIGH SPEED RAIL FINANCE (1) PLC

This company · 08346271

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Helix Acquisition Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	04/10/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeplc

Incorporated2013-01-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5th Floor, Kings Place

90 York Way

London

N1 9AG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03