HILLWOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC006588 · ltd · incorporated 1907-07-31

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2016-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2009-12-18
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DEREHAM, Orme Giles resigned
director
2009-12-18
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GRANT, Ronald Arthur, Mr. resigned
director
2009-12-18
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THOMSON, Balfour resigned
director
2003-12-23
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CRAIG, Thomas Moodie resigned
director
2001-01-01
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott appointed
secretary
2001-01-01
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MORTON FRASER resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-01
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BIRD, Robert resigned
director
2001-01-01
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CAMPION, Gordon Pearson resigned
director
2001-01-01
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MARSH, William Paul resigned
director
2001-01-01
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THOMSON, Balfour appointed
director
1998-03-27
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DEREHAM, Orme Giles appointed
director
1997-04-30
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GILCHRIST, Andrew Kirkwood Rae resigned
director
1997-03-27
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MARSH, William Paul appointed
director
1995-09-29
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CAMPION, Gordon Pearson appointed
director
1992-11-20
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott appointed
director
1992-01-31
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GILCHRIST, Andrew Kirkwood Rae appointed
director
1990-07-27
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GILCHRIST, Andrew Kirkwood Rae resigned
director
1990-07-19
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GRANT, Ronald Arthur, Mr. appointed
director
1907-07-31
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Company incorporated
As HILLWOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 87 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 119 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

Anglo Hillwood Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Anglo Hillwood Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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HILLWOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED

This company · SC006588

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
Anglo Hillwood Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/04/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Hillwood Holdings Limitedceased 01/05/2021· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1907-07-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Hunter Avenue

Loanhead

Midlothian

EH20 9SL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PRENTER, Patrick Robert→

director · ~87y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott→

director · ~63y · appointed 1992-11-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORTON FRASER→

corporate-secretary · resigned 2001-01-01

Resigned

BIRD, Robert→

director · ~91y · resigned 2001-01-01

Resigned

CAMPION, Gordon Pearson→

director · ~75y · appointed 1995-09-29 · resigned 2001-01-01

Resigned

CRAIG, Thomas Moodie→

director · ~87y · resigned 2003-12-23

Resigned

DEREHAM, Orme Giles→

director · ~88y · appointed 1998-03-27 · resigned 2009-12-18

Resigned

GILCHRIST, Andrew Kirkwood Rae→

director · ~91y · appointed 1992-01-31 · resigned 1997-04-30

Resigned

GILCHRIST, Andrew Kirkwood Rae→

director · resigned 1990-07-27

Resigned

GRANT, Ronald Arthur, Mr.→

director · ~83y · appointed 1990-07-19 · resigned 2009-12-18

Resigned

MARSH, William Paul→

director · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 2001-01-01

Resigned

THOMSON, Balfour→

director · ~84y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2009-12-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (119 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-01-07

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-01-11

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2022-12-02

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-12-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-01-15