ROSS HIGHLAND SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC223811 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£540.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £540,314
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£287k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Net Worth
£540k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£696k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £540.3k | £377.5k |
| Current assets | £696.0k | £552.4k |
| Cash | £287.2k | £274.4k |
| Debtors | £109.2k | £154.3k |
| Net assets | £540.3k | £377.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-10-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-10-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-11➕DOWNIE, Angela appointedsecretary
- 2024-10-11➕DOWNIE, Angela appointeddirector
- 2024-10-11➕DOWNIE, Matthew Robert appointeddirector
- 2024-10-11➕DOWNIE, Robert Duthie appointeddirector
- 2024-10-11➖CLARK, Wendy Falconer resignedsecretary
- 2024-10-11➖CLARK, Wendy Falconer resigneddirector
- 2024-09-07➖CLARK, Duncan resigneddirector
- 2024-06-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-14➖FARREN, Rosie Seonaid resigneddirector
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-06➕CLARK, Wendy Falconer appointeddirector
- 2015-05-11➕FARREN, Rosie Seonaid appointeddirector
- 2001-10-15➕CLARK, Wendy Falconer appointedsecretary
- 2001-10-15➖PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-10-15➕CLARK, Duncan appointeddirector
- 2001-10-15➖PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-10-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ROSS HIGHLAND SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 2001-10-01➕PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-10-01➕PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
R D Downie Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
R D Downie Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ROSS HIGHLAND SUPPLIES LIMITED
This company · SC223811
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
R D Downie Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 11/10/2024 |
Mr Robert Duthie Downie Individual · British · DOB 07/1997 · age 29 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 11/10/2024 |
Mr Matthew Robert Downie Individual · British · DOB 10/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 11/10/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Wendy Falconer Clarkceased 11/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Duncan Clarkceased 07/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Active · Wholesale & distribution · AB postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN DAVIDSON (PIPES) LIMITED→ SC050397 · est 1972 | £15.21M £11.41M–£19.01M | £79.83M | — | 25000 | 54y | 83 | 61y |
| QUALITY FOOD PRODUCTS (ABERDEEN) LIMITED→ SC046323 · est 1969 | £7.30M £5.48M–£9.13M | — | — | 67 | 57y | 83 | 59y |
| S&JD ROBERTSON NORTH AIR LIMITED→ SC051614 · est 1972 | £5.85M £4.39M–£7.31M | — | — | 35100 | 53y | 83 | 59y |
| WELLHEAD ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC123707 · est 1990 | £993.4k £745.1k–£1.24M | — | — | 15 | 36y | 83 | 73y |
| MO & CO (UK) LIMITED→ SC236096 · est 2002 | £860.4k £645.3k–£1.08M | — | — | 2100 | 23y | 82 | 86y |
| KEITH BUILDERS MERCHANTS LIMITED→ SC217157 · est 2001 | £155.6k £116.7k–£194.6k | — | — | 39 | 25y | 84 | 58y |
| APEX TUBULARS LIMITED→ SC331461 · est 2007 | — | — | — | 600 | 18y | 83 | 63y |
| GPH BUILDERS MERCHANTS LIMITED→ SC378341 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | 83 | 71y |
| ABERDEEN OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC238550 · est 2002 | — | — | £59.2k | — | 23y | 82 | 67y |
| CABER COFFEE LIMITED→ SC329912 · est 2007 | — | — | £593.6k | — | 18y | 82 | 83y |
| CRAIGIEVAR TIMBER LIMITED→ SC357720 · est 2009 | — | — | £227.4k | — | 17y | 82 | 74y |
| D. RUDDIMAN LIMITED→ SC031624 · est 1956 | — | — | £15.2k | — | 69y | 82 | 96y |
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-10-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46470 — Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Registered office
143 Shore Street
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 9BP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
Active
DOWNIE, Angela→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2024-10-11
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DOWNIE, Matthew Robert→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2024-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOWNIE, Robert Duthie→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2024-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Wendy Falconer→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2024-10-11
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2001-10-15
CLARK, Duncan→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2024-09-07
CLARK, Wendy Falconer→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2021-09-06 · resigned 2024-10-11
FARREN, Rosie Seonaid→
Resigneddirector · ~33y · appointed 2015-05-11 · resigned 2024-06-14
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2001-10-15
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Recent filings (81 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-29