HUSABOST HOLDING LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC693422 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-25
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees34003200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2024-12-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-09-21
    📄
    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  7. 2023-09-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2023-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-05-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HUSABOST HOLDING LTD
  14. 2021-03-25
    BARR, Alan Andrew appointed
    director
  15. 2021-03-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Andrew Barr
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting25/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Sophie Lesley Barrceased 26/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2021-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

7 Wellington Terrance
Lanark
South Lanarkshire
ML11 7QQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BARR, Alan Andrew
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-03-25
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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-05
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2023-09-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-03