HARLAW 2025 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC206144 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-11

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.1y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

104 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

80/100Exceptional

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-24
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-02
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-06-26
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-06-26
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-06-26
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-18
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-06-10
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AAMD
2023-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-01
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HESLOP, Stuart appointed
director
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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MIDDLETON, Gordon Ian appointed
secretary
2021-10-20
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BRYCE, Pamela Jane resigned
secretary
2021-10-20
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-10-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2014-12-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (As Security Agent)
2013-10-21
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MIDDLETON, Gordon Ian appointed
director
2013-04-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Westhill Developments (Arnhall) Limited
2012-05-30
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CRAWSHAW, Howard Gair appointed
director
2010-12-01
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ANDERSON, Robert David appointed
director
2010-11-01
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BRYCE, Pamela Jane appointed
secretary
2010-11-01
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-12-04
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MORRISON, Graeme Roland resigned
director
2006-10-25
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-10-25
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-07-03
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MORRISON, Graeme Roland appointed
director
2006-05-25
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CAMPBELL, John Alexander resigned
director
2005-08-15
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CAMPBELL, John Alexander appointed
director
2000-09-01
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-09-01
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THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-06
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BARRACK, James Grieve appointed
director
2000-07-06
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-04-11
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Company incorporated
As HARLAW 2025 LIMITED
2000-04-11
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THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-11
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-09-24: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Knight Property Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Knight Property Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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HARLAW 2025 LIMITED

This company · SC206144

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Knight Property Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2025
Mr James Grieve Barrack Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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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M.T.M.CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC056163 · est 1974	£2.93M £2.10M–£3.77M	—	—	5200	51y	87	76y
THISTLE WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES LIMITED→ SC159622 · est 1995	£1.28M £917.3k–£1.65M	—	—	119	30y	84	65y
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AJC CONSTRUCTION SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC216542 · est 2001	—	—	—	2700	25y	83	60y
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LADYSBRIDGE VILLAGE LIMITED→ SC262049 · est 2004	—	—	—	0	22y	83	75y
SPARK'S MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED→ SC102458 · est 1986	—	—	£3.06M	—	39y	83	59y
T & M SLATING LTD.→ SC251627 · est 2003	—	—	—	9	22y	83	59y
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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

Incorporated2000-04-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

62 Queen's Road

Aberdeen

AB15 4YE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11