DINGWALL & HIGHLAND MARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC154876 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-12

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 31.1y 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 material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

39 officers (14 active, 39 linked, 34 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

159 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	39

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-07
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officers · AP01
2024-08-06
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NEWTON, Freda Mae appointed
director
2024-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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officers · TM01
2024-06-17
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GORDON, James Anderson Paterson resigned
director
2023-12-05
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officers · TM01
2023-12-04
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FORBES, James resigned
director
2023-07-07
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address · AD01
2023-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
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GRANT, Amy appointed
director
2022-11-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-21
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FRASER, Donald Maclean resigned
director
2022-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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MACKENZIE, Sheena Mairi appointed
director
2021-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-25
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SPENCER, Paul Magnus Marck resigned
director
2020-11-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-11-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-06-03
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MACKINTOSH, Bruce Lewis appointed
secretary
2019-06-03
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MACPHERSON, Grant resigned
secretary
2019-06-03
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TOLMIE, Ian Munro resigned
director
2018-04-19
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FRASER, Hugh Maclean appointed
director
2017-12-14
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MCCALL, Ewan appointed
director
2017-12-14
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MCCALL, Malcolm John, Mr. resigned
director
2014-12-18
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FRASER, Duncan William resigned
director
2014-01-01
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FRASER, Kenneth Mackenzie appointed
director
2013-12-31
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MACPHERSON, James resigned
director
2013-12-31
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MCKENZIE, Kenneth resigned
director
2012-12-20
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MACPHERSON, Grant appointed
director
2012-12-20
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WHITEFORD, David Robert appointed
director
2012-12-20
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MACKENZIE, Edward John resigned
director
2012-12-20
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SPENCER, Paul Magnus Marck appointed
director
2010-06-22
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TAYLOR, Matthew Scott appointed
director
2008-03-20
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RENWICK, Farquhar Scott appointed
director
2008-03-20
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FRASER, Donald Maclean appointed
director
2007-08-11
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Charge satisfied #3
2003-06-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-06-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Highland Prospect Limited
2003-04-16
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RENWICK, Farquhar resigned
director
2002-06-18
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LEGGAT, Hugh David resigned
director
2002-06-14
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MACKENZIE, Ruairidh Duncan resigned
director
2002-06-13
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DANSON, David Laurence George resigned
director
2002-06-13
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GRAHAME, Joan Suzanne resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

Dingwall Auction Mart Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dingwall Auction Mart Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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DINGWALL & HIGHLAND MARTS LIMITED

This company · SC154876

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
Dingwall Auction Mart Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence · firm interest	01/11/2020

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

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KINGSBURGH FOREST TRUST→ SC227429 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	75y
MJM (FARMERS) LIMITED→ SC288996 · est 2005	—	—	£1.80M	—	20y	83	71y
STRATHNAIRN COMMUNITY WOODLANDS→ SC228026 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	71y
ACHLAIN ESTATES LIMITED→ SC138631 · est 1992	—	—	—	200	34y	82	67y
BRAHAN FARMS LIMITED→ SC048495 · est 1971	—	—	—	400	55y	82	84y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-12-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Dingwall & Highland Marts Limited Humberston

Bailechaul Road

Dingwall

Ross-Shire

IV15 9TP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03