H & M OVERSEAS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC099896 · ltd · incorporated 1986-07-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 79120Tour operator activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-24

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-25
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-29
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  4. 2022-10-19
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  5. 2021-10-11
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  6. 2020-11-29
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  7. 2019-08-29
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  8. 2018-09-16
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  9. 2017-09-07
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  10. 2016-09-18
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  11. 2016-02-18
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  12. 2015-08-31
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  13. 2015-01-11
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  14. 2014-09-17
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  15. 2014-01-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1997-11-23
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    MAXWELL, James William appointed
    director
  17. 1997-11-23
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    HOBBS, Joseph Peter Oscar resigned
    director
  18. 1992-12-31
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    MAXWELL, Ellen Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 1992-12-31
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    MAXWELL, Ellen Anne resigned
    director
  20. 1992-04-14
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    MAXWELL, Ellen Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 1992-04-14
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    MAXWELL, Ellen Anne appointed
    director
  22. 1992-04-14
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    MAXWELL, James William resigned
    secretary
  23. 1992-04-14
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    MAXWELL, James William resigned
    director
  24. 1992-04-12
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    MAXWELL, Ellen Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 1992-04-12
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    MAXWELL, Ellen Anne appointed
    director
  26. 1986-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As H & M OVERSEAS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James William Maxwell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Boath Steading
Auldearn
Nairn
IV12 5TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MAXWELL, Ellen Anne→
secretary · appointed 1992-04-14
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Active
MAXWELL, Ellen Anne→
director · ~75y · appointed 1992-04-14
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Active
MAXWELL, James William→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-11-23
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Active
MAXWELL, Ellen Anne→
secretary · appointed 1992-04-12 · resigned 1992-12-31
Resigned
MAXWELL, James William→
secretary · resigned 1992-04-14
Resigned
HOBBS, Joseph Peter Oscar→
director · ~71y · resigned 1997-11-23
Resigned
MAXWELL, Ellen Anne→
director · ~75y · appointed 1992-04-12 · resigned 1992-12-31
Resigned
MAXWELL, James William→
director · ~77y · resigned 1992-04-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-04