HIGHLAND AGRICULTURAL LABOUR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC169901 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-15

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

36 officers (3 active, 36 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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	500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (93 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2025-09-10
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2025-09-03
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2025-08-29
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PORTER, James Gray appointed
director
2025-08-29
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2025-08-29
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2025-08-21
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officers · TM01
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2025-08-20
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MACLEAN, Alan resigned
director
2025-08-15
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GRAHAM, Bruce appointed
secretary
2025-08-15
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BRUCE, Graham appointed
director
2025-08-15
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CAMPBELL, David resigned
secretary
2025-08-15
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GIRVAN, Barbara resigned
director
2025-08-15
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MACDONALD, Anne Rae resigned
director
2025-08-15
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MCCALLUM, Mark resigned
director
2025-08-15
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SCOTT, Fiona Joan resigned
director
2025-07-28
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BEVERIDGE, Michael Monteith resigned
director
2025-07-28
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MARTIN, Alistair Forbes resigned
director
2024-12-10
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2024-12-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-29
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BEVERIDGE, Michael Monteith appointed
director
2024-07-29
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GIRVAN, Barbara appointed
director
2024-07-29
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MARTIN, Alistair Forbes appointed
director
2024-07-15
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MACLEAN, Alan appointed
director
2024-07-15
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MCCALLUM, Mark appointed
director
2024-07-15
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RUSSELL, Douglas Gallway resigned
director
2024-07-06
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CAMPBELL, David appointed
secretary
2024-07-05
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CANNING, Nicholas John resigned
secretary
2022-10-17
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CANNING, Nicholas John appointed
secretary
2022-09-14
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CRIBB, Samantha Jane resigned
secretary
2022-09-14
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SCOTT, Fiona Joan appointed
director
2022-09-14
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SLEIGH, Henry resigned
director
2021-04-01
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CRIBB, Samantha Jane appointed
secretary
2021-03-31
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MCLEAN, Alan Douglas resigned
secretary
2017-06-19
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MACDONALD, Anne Rae appointed
director
2017-06-19
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MACKENZIE, Stephen 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

8 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CAMPBELL, David resigned 2025-08-15; BEVERIDGE, Michael Monteith resigned 2025-07-28; GIRVAN, Barbara resigned 2025-08-15

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-11-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

Glaikmore

North Kessock

Inverness

Highland,

IV1 3UD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-01

Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 33 resigned)

GRAHAM, Bruce→

secretary · appointed 2025-08-15

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Active

BRUCE, Graham→

director · ~69y · appointed 2025-08-15

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Active

PORTER, James Gray→

director · ~55y · appointed 2025-08-29

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Active

CAMPBELL, David→

secretary · appointed 2024-07-06 · resigned 2025-08-15

Resigned

CANNING, Nicholas John→

secretary · appointed 2022-10-17 · resigned 2024-07-05

Resigned

CRIBB, Samantha Jane→

secretary · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2022-09-14

Resigned

GRANT, Gillian Ann→

secretary · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2002-11-12

Resigned

MCLEAN, Alan Douglas→

secretary · appointed 2002-12-11 · resigned 2021-03-31

Resigned

MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-11-15 · resigned 1997-03-04

Resigned

ALLAN, Norman→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2008-10-06

Resigned

ALLINGHAM, William Glen De-Grey→

director · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2006-02-13

Resigned

BARCLAY, Steven William→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2006-09-01

Resigned

BEVERIDGE, Michael Monteith→

director · ~55y · appointed 2024-07-29 · resigned 2025-07-28

Resigned

CAMERON, John Archibald→

director · ~80y · appointed 1998-07-31 · resigned 1999-01-20

Resigned

FRASER, Alan Macaskill→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2016-06-20

Resigned

FRASER, Donald Maclean→

director · ~74y · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2011-07-22

Resigned

GILL, William Laing→

director · ~75y · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2006-06-14

Resigned

GIRVAN, Barbara→

director · ~40y · appointed 2024-07-29 · resigned 2025-08-15

Resigned

GRANT, Gillian Ann→

director · ~63y · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2002-11-12

Resigned

MACDONALD, Anne Rae→

director · ~57y · appointed 2017-06-19 · resigned 2025-08-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (134 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-09-03

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC08

2025-08-29

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-08-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-08-21