Hb Bidco Limited
Non-trading company · Oldham
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2021Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
−£3,418,690
Cash
£591,864
Turnover
—
Profit / loss
—
Current assets
£700,915
Creditors < 1 year
£26,541,650
Equity
−£3,418,690
Average employees
6
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | −£3,418,690 | −£5,310,334 |
| Equity | −£3,418,690 | −£5,310,334 |
| Share capital | £2,000 | £2,000 |
| Retained earnings | −£3,618,690 | −£5,510,334 |
| Assets | ||
| Investments | £35,590,246 | £35,590,246 |
| Current assets | £700,915 | £196,184 |
| Cash at bank | £591,864 | £167,434 |
| Debtors | £109,051 | £28,750 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £26,541,650 | £14,717,977 |
| Creditors after one year | £13,168,201 | £26,378,787 |
| Net current assets | −£25,840,735 | −£14,521,793 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £9,749,511 | £21,068,453 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Audit fees | £3,200 | £2,960 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 6 | 6 |
| Staff costs | £988,057 | £892,072 |
| Wages & salaries | £903,288 | £783,818 |
| Social security costs | £82,285 | £103,803 |
| Pension costs | £2,484 | £4,451 |
| Directors' remuneration | £720,281 | £604,009 |
| Highest paid director | £394,000 | £391,223 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- HB Topco Limited
- Ultimate parent
- HB Topco Limited
- Ultimate controlling party
- The Fifth Alcuin Fund LP
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-08-18, signed by T N Barry, M Toogood
Subsidiaries (3)
- Great British Botanical Limited · 100% · 2 Wellington Road, Greenfield, Oldham OL3 7AG, UK
- Hartley Botanic Limited · 100% · 2 Wellington Road, Greenfield, Oldham OL3 7AG, UK
- Hartley Botanic Inc · 100% · 340C Fordham Road, Wilmington, MA 01887, USA
Related parties (9)
- The Fifth Alcuin Fund LP · Significant shareholder of the Company's ultimate parent company · Amount owed at balance sheet date · £16,078,763
- The Fifth Alcuin Fund LP · Significant shareholder of the Company's ultimate parent company · Interest charged during the year · £926,628
- The Fifth Alcuin Fund LP · Significant shareholder of the Company's ultimate parent company · Interest paid during the year · £926,628
- The Fifth Alcuin Fund LP · Significant shareholder of the Company's ultimate parent company · Monitoring fees charged during the year · £118,750
- A2 loan stock holders · Related parties by virtue of their shareholding in HB Topco Limited, the ultimate parent company · Amount owed at balance sheet date · £1,089,437
- A2 loan stock holders · Related parties by virtue of their shareholding in HB Topco Limited, the ultimate parent company · Interest charged during the year · £62,785
- A2 loan stock holders · Related parties by virtue of their shareholding in HB Topco Limited, the ultimate parent company · Interest paid during the year · £62,785
- A Company with common directorship · Common directorship · Consultancy fees invoiced to HB Bidco Limited · £Nil
- A Company with common directorship · Common directorship · Expenses recharged · £Nil
Borrowings (3)
- Bank loan · £5,000,000 · SONIA plus 3.75% · Repayable in full on 21 December 2026; following the year end, refinanced and repayable five years from the date of refinancing, being 23 June 2031 · secured on Fixed and floating charges that cover all the property or undertaking of the Company
- Bank loan · £1,200,000 · SONIA plus 3.25% · Repayable quarterly to end 21 December 2026; following the year end, refinanced and repayable five years from the date of refinancing, being 23 June 2031 · secured on Fixed and floating charges that cover all the property or undertaking of the Company
- Other borrowings: loan notes · £17,168,201 · 10% · 50% of the outstanding loan notes are repayable five years from the date of agreement, 14 May 2026. The balance is repayable six years from the date of agreement, 14 May 2027. · secured on Fixed and floating charges that cover all the property or undertaking of the Company
Share classes (1)
- 200,001 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
3 outstanding chargesAll Assets · created 2021-12-21
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2021-05-14
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2021-05-14
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Outstanding