ARRAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

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SC100686 · ltd · incorporated 1986-09-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.76M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,764,325
Net assets shrinking
Down £72,709 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
£315k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£367k£735k£1.1m£1.5m£1.8mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£2.03M£2.11M
Current assets£314.5k£356.8k
Cash£57.8k£100.2k
Debtors£256.8k£256.7k
Net assets£1.76M£1.84M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-08-29
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2023-01-19
    NUGENT, William Todd resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-01-19
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    officers · TM02
  6. 2022-11-28
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  7. 2021-11-30
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  8. 2020-09-03
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  9. 2019-08-29
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  10. 2018-08-31
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  11. 2017-08-29
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  12. 2016-08-29
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  13. 2016-04-20
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  14. 2015-09-01
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  15. 2015-04-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-08-28
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  17. 2008-10-31
    NUGENT, Christina Rue Pearson resigned
    director
  18. 2008-04-19
    NUGENT, Hamish Blair appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-13
    NUGENT, Blair Fletcher Archibald resigned
    director
  20. 1990-09-27
    NUGENT, Christina Rue Pearson resigned
    secretary
  21. 1990-09-27
    NUGENT, William Todd appointed
    secretary
  22. 1986-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ARRAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hamish Blair Nugent
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
sig. influencesignificant influence08/04/2017

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Caledonia House
Thornliebank Industrial Estate
Glasgow
G46 8JT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

NUGENT, Hamish Blair
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-19
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Active
NUGENT, Christina Rue Pearson
secretary · resigned 1990-09-27
Resigned
NUGENT, William Todd
secretary · appointed 1990-09-27 · resigned 2023-01-19
Resigned
NUGENT, Blair Fletcher Archibald
director · ~89y · resigned 2008-04-13
Resigned
NUGENT, Christina Rue Pearson
director · ~84y · resigned 2008-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-29