HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC332005 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
51 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 accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-02-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-01-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-03-10➕DAVIES, Bernadette Mary appointeddirector
- 2008-03-10➖BOYLE, David resigneddirector
- 2007-10-08🏢Company incorporatedAs HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS LIMITED
- 2007-10-08➕DAVIES, Timothy appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-08➕DAVIES, Timothy Andrew appointeddirector
- 2007-10-08➕BOYLE, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Euro Hydraulics Scotland Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Euro Hydraulics Scotland Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS LIMITED
This company · SC332005
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 |
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Euro Hydraulics Scotland Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/01/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ehl Property Holdings Limitedceased 30/01/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Ehl Holdings Ltdceased 15/01/2024· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZCONRSELL LIMITED→ SC866666 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| H LOGISTICS LIMITED→ SC242751 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| HABBA CONSULTANCY LTD→ SC814071 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| HAMILTON ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC117733 · est 1989 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 36y | — | — |
| HILLWOOD FARM LTD→ SC728939 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| HLD FOODS LIMITED→ SC837911 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| HUNTER GLOBAL TRADE LIMITED→ SC873887 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IVY TRADE SALES LTD→ SC581831 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| J CLARKE CATERING SUPPLIES LTD→ SC882940 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| J M PRODUCTS LIMITED→ SC273013 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740
Registered office
1 Miller Street
Coatbridge
ML5 3PG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
DAVIES, Bernadette Mary→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2008-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIES, Timothy Andrew→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2007-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOYLE, David→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-08 · resigned 2008-03-10
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Recent filings (51 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-10