HIGHLAND DEEPHAVEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC050016 · ltd · incorporated 1972-03-01

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 52.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68100Buying and selling of own real estate
68201Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 52.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 52.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	4	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2025-04-14
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2024-05-30
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officers · TM01
2024-05-30
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officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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JACOBS, Rachel, Mrs. appointed
director
2024-05-01
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HAHN, Jeremy Michael resigned
director
2024-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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officers · CH01
2023-11-02
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officers · AP01
2023-11-02
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officers · TM01
2023-04-21
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accounts · AA
2023-03-10
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officers · CH01
2023-03-09
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officers · TM01
2023-03-09
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officers · AP01
2023-03-09
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officers · AP01
2023-03-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-01
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KILPATRICK, Robert resigned
secretary
2023-02-01
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KILPATRICK, Robert resigned
director
2023-02-01
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officers · TM01
2023-02-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-01
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NEESON III, William James appointed
director
2023-01-01
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HAHN, Jeremy Michael appointed
director
2023-01-01
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HILL, Thomas Eugene resigned
director
2023-01-01
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O'CONNOR, George Rufus resigned
director
2022-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
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accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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officers · CH01
2020-11-24
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DAVIS, Marion Clark appointed
director
2020-11-24
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DAVIS, Marion Clark appointed
director
2020-11-24
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DAVIS, Marion Clark resigned
director
2019-01-01
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WOLCOTT, Charles resigned
director
2008-11-17
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WOLCOTT, Charles appointed
director
2008-07-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-02-20
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HILL, Thomas Eugene appointed
director
2007-02-20
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O'CONNOR, George Rufus appointed
director
2007-02-20
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TILLEY, Paul Dean resigned
director
2000-06-30
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MACMILLAN, Alexander Ross resigned
director
1996-01-01
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MUNRO FERGUSON, Ronald Ralph Luttrell appointed
director
1995-12-31
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JONES, Clyde Daniel resigned
director
1995-12-31
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TILLEY, Paul Dean appointed
director
1990-08-09
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MUNRO-FERGUSON, Arthur Brocklehurst Luttrell resigned
director
1973-12-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1972-03-01
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Company incorporated
As HIGHLAND DEEPHAVEN LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Highland North Sea Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Highland North Sea Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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HIGHLAND DEEPHAVEN LIMITED

This company · SC050016

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Highland North Sea Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	01/10/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1972-03-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Administration Building

Highland Deephaven Ind Estate

Evanton, Dingwall

Ross Shire

IV16 9XP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)

DAVIS, Marion Clark→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-11-24

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Active

JACOBS, Rachel, Mrs.→

director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-01

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Active

MUNRO FERGUSON, Ronald Ralph Luttrell→

director · ~71y · appointed 1996-01-01

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Active

NEESON III, William James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2023-01-01

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Active

KILPATRICK, Robert→

secretary · resigned 2023-02-01

Resigned

DAVIS, Marion Clark→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-11-24 · resigned 2020-11-24

Resigned

HAHN, Jeremy Michael→

director · ~49y · appointed 2023-01-01 · resigned 2024-05-01

Resigned

HILL, Thomas Eugene→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2023-01-01

Resigned

JONES, Clyde Daniel→

director · ~96y · resigned 1995-12-31

Resigned

KILPATRICK, Robert→

director · ~87y · resigned 2023-02-01

Resigned

MACMILLAN, Alexander Ross→

director · ~104y · resigned 2000-06-30

Resigned

MUNRO-FERGUSON, Arthur Brocklehurst Luttrell→

director · ~105y · resigned 1990-08-09

Resigned

O'CONNOR, George Rufus→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2023-01-01

Resigned

TILLEY, Paul Dean→

director · ~85y · appointed 1995-12-31 · resigned 2007-02-20

Resigned

WOLCOTT, Charles→

director · ~74y · appointed 2008-11-17 · resigned 2019-01-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	18/12/1973	30/07/2008

Recent filings (134 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-04-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-22

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-05-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-04-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-02

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

officers · CH01

2023-11-02

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-11-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-04-21

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

officers · CH01

2023-03-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-03-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-09