HIGHLAND MOTOR PARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC228871 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-07
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 23.2y 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

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.2y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £3,347,906

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Profit before tax£3.35M£3.16M
Average employees757100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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  3. 2024-03-27
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  4. 2023-03-29
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  5. 2022-07-20
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  6. 2022-07-01
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    MACLELLAN, Robert appointed
    director
  7. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-01-17
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    MACSPORRAN, David resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2020-03-24
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  12. 2019-02-18
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  13. 2018-02-07
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  14. 2017-03-27
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  15. 2016-03-19
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  16. 2016-02-04
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  17. 2016-01-06
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  18. 2015-04-10
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    COOPER, David appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-10
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    MACSPORRAN, David appointed
    secretary
  20. 2015-04-10
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    MILTON, Christine Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-04-09
    ➖
    MCGAVIN, Philip resigned
    director
  22. 2009-12-31
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    MACKENZIE, David Alexander resigned
    director
  23. 2003-06-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2003-03-26
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    MACKENZIE, David Alexander resigned
    secretary
  25. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    MILTON, Christine Mary appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, David Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2003-03-26
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    MACSPORRAN, David John resigned
    director
  28. 2003-03-26
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    MCGAVIN, Philip appointed
    director
  29. 2003-03-26
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    MILTON, Christine Mary resigned
    director
  30. 2002-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGHLAND MOTOR PARTS LIMITED
  31. 2002-03-07
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    MACLELLAN, Donald Mackay appointed
    director
  32. 2002-03-07
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, David Alexander appointed
    secretary
  33. 2002-03-07
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2002-03-07
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2002-03-07
    ➕
    MACSPORRAN, David John appointed
    director
  36. 2002-03-07
    ➕
    MILTON, Christine Mary appointed
    director
  37. 2002-03-07
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2002-03-07
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACLELLAN, Robert (same surname) appointed 2022-07-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald Mackay Maclellan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated2002-03-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Mackenzie Kerr, C.A., Redwood
19 Culduthel Road
Inverness
IV2 4AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

COOPER, David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-04-10
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Active
MACLELLAN, Donald Mackay→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLELLAN, Robert→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKENZIE, David Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
MACSPORRAN, David→
secretary · appointed 2015-04-10 · resigned 2022-01-17
Resigned
MILTON, Christine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2015-04-10
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-07 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
MACKENZIE, David Alexander→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
MACSPORRAN, David John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
MCGAVIN, Philip→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2015-04-09
Resigned
MILTON, Christine Mary→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-07 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property06/06/2003—
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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-24