HALLYBURTON ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC120222 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2022-09-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-09-15
    ➕
    LLEWELLEN PALMER, Nicholas Ralph appointed
    director
  7. 2022-09-15
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    MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  8. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-04
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  10. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2016-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2002-09-30
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    PALMER, Alexandra Diana Llewellen appointed
    director
  20. 2002-03-31
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    LLEWELLEN PALMER, Julian Neil resigned
    director
  21. 2002-03-31
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    MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 1997-09-10
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    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1997-09-10
    ➖
    MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1993-09-30
    ➖
    MILLER HENDRY resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1993-09-30
    ➕
    MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1993-05-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Malcolm Archibald James St.Clair and Others as Trustees of the Hallyburton Trust
  27. 1989-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As HALLYBURTON ESTATES LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • 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 37 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Hon. Alexander James Baillie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
Alexandra Diana Llewellen Palmer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Alasdair John Findlay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares · trust interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Hallyburton Estate Office Coupar
Angus
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH13 9JR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-09-10
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Active
LLEWELLEN PALMER, Nicholas Ralph→
director · ~28y · appointed 2022-09-15
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Active
PALMER, Alexandra Diana Llewellen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER HENDRY→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1993-09-30
Resigned
MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-09-30 · resigned 1997-09-10
Resigned
LLEWELLEN PALMER, Julian Neil→
director · ~63y · resigned 2002-03-31
Resigned
MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-03-31 · resigned 2022-09-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Malcolm Archibald James St.Clair and Others as Trustees of the Hallyburton Trust
Standard security1 property19/05/1993—
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Recent filings (104 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-04