A H F CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC352436 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 8.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,187,904
Cash YoY
+29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
↑ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£492k£984k£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.36M£1.98M
Current assets£2.46M£2.17M
Cash£1.22M£943.1k
Debtors£1.24M£1.23M
Net assets£2.19M£1.77M

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

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2 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-14
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  4. 2022-12-14
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2020-12-22
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  7. 2019-09-13
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  9. 2018-01-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2018-01-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  11. 2017-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-14
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  13. 2015-12-23
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  14. 2015-12-23
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  15. 2015-03-31
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  16. 2014-12-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2008-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As A H F CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LTD.
  18. 2008-12-11
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    FRIEL, Hugh Gerard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-11
    ➕
    FRIEL, Hugh Gerard appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-11
    ➕
    HINDE, Aileen Patricia appointed
    director
  21. 2008-12-11
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-12-11
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-12-11
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  24. 2008-12-11
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mrs Aileen Hinde
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Hugh Gerard Friel
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Radleigh House 1 Golf Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FRIEL, Hugh Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRIEL, Hugh Gerard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-12-11
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Active
HINDE, Aileen Patricia→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-12-11
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-11 · resigned 2008-12-11
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-12-11 · resigned 2008-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—15/01/2018—
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Recent filings (44 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
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2025-09-24
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2024-12-17
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2024-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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2021-12-09
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accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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2020-12-14
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2019-12-18
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accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-21