H P SLEIGH & SON LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC683345 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-10

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£136.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

68/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 1.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

68/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review 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 £136,936

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£35k

Net Worth

£137k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Cash	£34.9k
Net assets	£136.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-24
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
2025-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-07-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
2025-06-02
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
2025-05-29
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-05-28
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LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2025-05-06
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
2025-03-20
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-12
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-03-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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Company incorporated
As H P SLEIGH & SON LIMITED
2020-12-10
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SLEIGH, John Peter appointed
secretary
2020-12-10
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SLEIGH, John Peter appointed
director
2020-12-10
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SLEIGH, Sarah Mary Helen appointed
director
2020-12-10
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SLEIGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 med ·

4 new charges in last 12 months

medium

Heavy recent charge activity can indicate refinancing pressure, aggressive leverage, or multiple lender rotation.

Evidence: 2026-03-24: A registered charge; 2025-07-03: A registered charge; 2025-05-30: A registered charge

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-03-20: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sarah Mary Helen Sleigh Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	11/03/2025
Mr John Peter Sleigh Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/12/2020

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2020-12-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Johnstone House

52-54 Rose Street

Aberdeen

AB10 1HA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SLEIGH, John Peter→

secretary · appointed 2020-12-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-05-28

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Active

SLEIGH, John Peter→

director · ~57y · appointed 2020-12-10

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Active

SLEIGH, Sarah Mary Helen→

director · ~52y · appointed 2020-12-10

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	24/03/2026	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)	A registered charge	1 property	03/07/2025	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)	A registered charge	1 property	30/05/2025	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)	A registered charge	1 property	02/05/2025	—

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Recent filings (23 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2026-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-12

legacy

miscellaneous · ANNOTATION

2025-07-28

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-07-07

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-06-02

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-06-02

appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP04

2025-05-29

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-05-06

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2025-03-20

capital-alter-shares-subdivision

capital · SH02

2025-03-12

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-03-11

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-03-11

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

officers · CH01

2025-03-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-24