HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC135103 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-19

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 08110

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.0y

75/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

23 officers (9 active, 23 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

139 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.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £9,293,909

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Profit before tax	£9.29M
Average employees	239

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-21
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BORTHWICK, Alistair appointed
director
2026-01-21
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KIRKLAND, Craig appointed
director
2026-01-21
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SHEPHERD, Liam appointed
director
2026-01-21
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MCNAUGHTON, Robert resigned
director
2026-01-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-13
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VERNON, James Fitzpatrick Greville resigned
director
2024-02-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-13
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GILL, Justin Matthew resigned
director
2024-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-20
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THOM, Raymond Charles appointed
director
2023-05-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-26
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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CRUMLISH, Jamie resigned
director
2022-08-01
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THOM, Raymond Charles appointed
secretary
2022-08-01
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MCGOWAN, Alistair appointed
director
2022-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-23
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HILL, Alan resigned
secretary
2022-06-23
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HILL, Alan George resigned
director
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
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HILL, Alan appointed
secretary
2020-11-10
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HILL, Alan George appointed
director
2020-11-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-07-01
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CRUMLISH, Jamie appointed
director
2020-05-31
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TOYN, Charles Clifford resigned
secretary
2020-05-31
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TOYN, Charles Clifford resigned
director
2017-04-18
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VON HOF, Emma Mary appointed
director
2017-04-18
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VERNON, Greville Edward Mervyn resigned
director
2017-04-18
➖
VERNON, Hugh Richard Mervyn resigned
director
2016-12-08
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O'BOYLE, Graham resigned
director
2016-12-08
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VERNON, James Fitzpatrick Greville appointed
director
2015-04-01
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TOYN, Charles Clifford appointed
director
2015-03-31
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MURRAY, Charles Douglas resigned
director
2015-01-12
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MUNRO, Mark appointed
director
2015-01-12
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GILL, Justin Matthew appointed
director
2013-04-01
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VERNON, Andrew Robert Richard appointed
director
2011-04-30
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MUIR, Gordon Archibald Halliday resigned
director
2010-04-01
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O'BOYLE, Graham resigned
secretary
2010-04-01
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TOYN, Charles Clifford appointed
secretary
2009-06-04
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Charge satisfied #1

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

40/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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

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

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Hillhouse Estates Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED

This company · SC135103

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
Hillhouse Estates Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Andrew Robert Richard Vernonceased 01/11/2019· 25-50% shares
Mr Greville Edward Mervyn Vernonceased 01/11/2019· 25-50% shares
Mr Hugh Richard Mervyn Vernonceased 01/11/2019· 25-50% 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

Incorporated1991-11-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC08110 — SIC 08110

Registered office

Hillhouse Quarry

Troon

Ayrshire

KA10 7HX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05