HAMLY HILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC280580 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-23
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 35110SIC 35110
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-10
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-03-07
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    FIRTH, Hannah Patricia appointed
    director
  14. 2016-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-11-04
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    capital · SH10
  17. 2005-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As HAMLY HILL LIMITED
  18. 2005-02-23
    ➕
    BOWN, Elizabeth Helen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-02-23
    ➕
    BOWN, Anthony Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2005-02-23
    ➕
    BOWN, Elizabeth Helen appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-23
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-02-23
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-02-23
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-02-23
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Philip Bown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/02/2017
Mrs Elizabeth Helen Bown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/02/2017

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
Incorporated2005-02-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Ridgeways Back Road
Stromness
Orkney
KW16 3DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BOWN, Elizabeth Helen→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-23
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Active
BOWN, Anthony Philip→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-02-23
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Active
BOWN, Elizabeth Helen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-02-23
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Active
FIRTH, Hannah Patricia→
director · ~32y · appointed 2017-03-07
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2005-02-23
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2005-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24