HARVIES OF EDINBURGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04445477 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-23

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

£-32.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46342

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £32,917

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£33k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£-32.9k	£-32.9k
Net assets	£-32.9k	£-32.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-28
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accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts · AA
2018-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-19
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accounts · AA
2015-05-18
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-26
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accounts · AA01
2014-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-05-31
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OAKMERE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-08-09
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DUNNILL, Christopher John resigned
secretary
2005-08-09
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OAKMERE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-05-23
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Company incorporated
As HARVIES OF EDINBURGH LIMITED
2002-05-23
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HO, Yu Hung appointed
director
2002-05-23
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MCDONOUGH, John appointed
director
2002-05-23
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DUNNILL, Christopher John appointed
secretary
2002-05-23
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-23
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-23
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-05-23
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

Speyside Distillers Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Speyside Distillers Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HARVIES OF EDINBURGH LIMITED

This company · 04445477

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Speyside Distillers Company Limited Corporate entity	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

Incorporated2002-05-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Westwaters

Belmont Business Park

Durham

DH1 1TW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HO, Yu Hung→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-05-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCDONOUGH, John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-05-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DUNNILL, Christopher John→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2005-08-09

Resigned

JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2002-05-23

Resigned

OAKMERE SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-09 · resigned 2008-05-31

Resigned

JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2002-05-23

Resigned

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