H B SUPPLIES LIMITED
Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (50/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2013-02-08📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2013-02-08🏁Company dissolved
- 2012-10-19📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2011-07-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2011-07-28📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2010-02-20📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2010-01-15📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2009-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-07-15📍legacyaddress · 287
- 2008-01-07📄legacyannual-return · 363s
- 2007-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-12-29📄legacyannual-return · 363s
- 2006-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-08-30📄legacyaccounts · 225
- 2005-12-09📄legacyannual-return · 363s
- 2005-12-09📄legacyannual-return · 363(287)
- 2004-11-12📄legacyofficers · 288b
- 2004-11-11🏢Company incorporatedAs H B SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 2004-11-11➕HEGARTY, Brendan appointedsecretary
- 2004-11-11➕GARDNER, Ryan William Gerard appointeddirector
- 2004-11-11➕HEGARTY, Brendan appointeddirector
- 2004-11-11➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-11-11➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-11-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2013-02-08
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