HAYAT BROTHERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC355228 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£578.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £578,542
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80k
↓ 8.9% YoY
Net Worth
£579k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£272k£543k£815k£1.1m£1.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£641.0k£651.3k
Current assets£1.36M£1.20M
Cash£80.4k£88.3k
Debtors£95.0k£156.0k
Net assets£578.5k£538.8k

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

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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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-02
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  2. 2024-07-27
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  3. 2023-11-06
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  5. 2022-08-16
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  6. 2021-12-23
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  7. 2020-12-05
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  8. 2020-08-17
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    HAYAT, Ajmal appointed
    director
  9. 2020-08-17
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  10. 2019-07-17
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  11. 2018-10-22
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  12. 2017-10-17
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  13. 2016-07-14
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  14. 2016-02-25
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  15. 2015-01-19
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    HAYAT, Afzal appointed
    director
  16. 2015-01-19
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    HAYAT, Akmal appointed
    director
  17. 2010-12-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2009-09-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2009-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As HAYAT BROTHERS LTD
  20. 2009-02-18
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    HAYAT, Mohammed appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-18
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    HAYAT, Nergis appointed
    director
  22. 2009-02-18
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-02-18
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-02-18
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    STEWARD, Vikki appointed
    director
  25. 2009-02-18
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    STEWARD, Vikki resigned
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAYAT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Mohammed Hayat
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/02/2017

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
Incorporated2009-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

7-12 Happyhillock Road
Dundee
DD4 8LS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

HAYAT, Afzal→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-01-19
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Active
HAYAT, Ajmal→
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-08-17
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Active
HAYAT, Akmal→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-01-19
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Active
HAYAT, Mohammed→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-02-18
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Active
HAYAT, Nergis→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-18
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Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned
STEWARD, Vikki→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property07/12/2010—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property02/09/2009—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
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accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-05