HIGHLAND COLOUR COATERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC212755 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-10

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

23 officers (8 active, 23 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,004,524

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£1.00M	£1.15M
Average employees	79	7700

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.

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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 (58 events)Click to expand

2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2024-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
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officers · AP01
2023-05-01
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BROWN, Barry appointed
director
2022-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
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officers · TM01
2021-01-31
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CROWLEY, Geoffrey Stewart resigned
director
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2016-01-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2015-12-11
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ASHMEAD, Douglas resigned
director
2015-12-07
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2015-01-30
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MCGILVRAY, Steven Colin resigned
director
2014-04-01
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BOYLE, Iain appointed
director
2014-04-01
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MACINTOSH, John Sheridon appointed
director
2013-01-24
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MCGILVRAY, Steven Colin appointed
director
2012-06-25
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MCCAFFERTY, Paul resigned
director
2011-11-30
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TAIT, Robert Geoffrey James resigned
director
2011-04-01
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PATTLE, Derek Graham resigned
director
2010-04-13
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PATTLE, Derek Graham appointed
director
2010-02-26
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HAMILTON, Gavin William resigned
director
2010-02-11
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BULLOCH, Gordon Campbell appointed
director
2009-02-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2009-02-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-12-07
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MASSEY, William Joseph resigned
director
2008-09-09
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STEEL, Robin Gray appointed
secretary
2008-09-09
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MASSEY, William Joseph resigned
secretary
2007-08-15
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MCCAFFERTY, Paul appointed
director
2007-02-20
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TAIT, Robert Geoffrey James appointed
director
2006-11-01
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HAMILTON, Gavin William appointed
director
2006-05-11
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STEEL, Robin Gray appointed
director
2006-04-01
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REED, Linda appointed
director
2004-12-31
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CALLAHAN, David resigned
director
2004-03-09
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CALLAHAN, David appointed
director
2004-02-27
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GOULD, Brent Mervyn resigned
director
2004-02-27
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HARTY, Michael resigned
director
2003-04-23
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PARKINSON, Michael Abner resigned
director
2002-05-14
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SHEILS, Robert James appointed
director
2002-05-14
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GOULD, Brent Mervyn appointed
director
2002-05-14
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HARTY, Michael appointed
director
2002-04-12
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PARKINSON, Michael Abner appointed
director
2002-03-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2002-03-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-07-02
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CROWLEY, Geoffrey Stewart appointed
director

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Highland Metals Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Highland Metals Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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HIGHLAND COLOUR COATERS LIMITED

This company · SC212755

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
Highland Metals Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	10/11/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-11-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Pinefield Industrial Estate

Elgin

Moray

IV30 6FG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10