HUMMINGBIRD LIFESTYLE LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC515175 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-09

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46431

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-10-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-09-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-10-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2015-09-09
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Company incorporated
As HUMMINGBIRD LIFESTYLE LTD
2015-09-09
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WARREN, Lance appointed
director
2015-09-09
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lance Warren Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-09-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46431 — SIC 46431

Registered office

23 C/O Gordon Mason

Rodney Street

Edinburgh

EH7 4EN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WARREN, Lance→

director · ~65y · appointed 2015-09-09

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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-09

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-10-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-08