HARRISON & HETHERINGTON (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC061281 · ltd · incorporated 1976-12-08
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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  3. 2024-03-22
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  4. 2024-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-04-11
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  6. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  7. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-03
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-07-03
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-07-02
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    RANKIN, Richard Andrew appointed
    director
  13. 2018-06-30
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    RICHARDSON, Brian Edmund resigned
    director
  14. 2018-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-05
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  16. 2016-03-17
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  17. 2015-11-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2008-06-01
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    RICHARDSON, Brian Edmund appointed
    director
  19. 2008-05-31
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    HEBDON, Trevor resigned
    director
  20. 2004-08-27
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    IRVING, Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-17
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    IRVING, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-12-17
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    LAWRENCE, John Frank resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-12-17
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    LAWRENCE, John Frank resigned
    director
  24. 2001-04-01
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    LAWRENCE, John Frank appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-04-01
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, John Frank appointed
    director
  26. 2001-01-24
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    JACKSON, Robert Crawford resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-01-24
    ➖
    JACKSON, Robert Crawford resigned
    director
  28. 1999-01-26
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    HEBDON, Trevor appointed
    director
  29. 1999-01-22
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    THOMLINSON, David Joseph resigned
    director
  30. 1994-06-01
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    JACKSON, Robert Crawford appointed
    secretary
  31. 1994-06-01
    ➕
    JACKSON, Robert Crawford appointed
    director
  32. 1994-05-31
    ➖
    MORTON, John Workman resigned
    secretary
  33. 1994-05-31
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    MORTON, John Workman resigned
    director
  34. 1976-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As HARRISON & HETHERINGTON (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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

H&H Group Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
H&H Group Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HARRISON & HETHERINGTON (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC061281

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
H&H Group Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1976-12-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Sydney Place Mart
Lockerbie
Dumfrieshire
DG11 2JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

IRVING, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-17
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Active
IRVING, Margaret→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, Richard Andrew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKSON, Robert Crawford→
secretary · appointed 1994-06-01 · resigned 2001-01-24
Resigned
LAWRENCE, John Frank→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2003-12-17
Resigned
MORTON, John Workman→
secretary · resigned 1994-05-31
Resigned
HEBDON, Trevor→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-01-26 · resigned 2008-05-31
Resigned
JACKSON, Robert Crawford→
director · ~78y · appointed 1994-06-01 · resigned 2001-01-24
Resigned
LAWRENCE, John Frank→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2003-12-17
Resigned
MORTON, John Workman→
director · ~104y · resigned 1994-05-31
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Brian Edmund→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2018-06-30
Resigned
THOMLINSON, David Joseph→
director · ~80y · resigned 1999-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25