H1 DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC242423 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-16

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.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£9.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Advertising agencies

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,609

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£10k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↑ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£9.6k	£8.2k
Current assets	£11.4k	£8.2k
Net assets	£9.6k	£8.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2009-03-05
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MCGOLDRICK, Josephine resigned
director
2009-03-04
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MCGOLDRICK, Brian appointed
director
2009-03-04
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MCGOLDRICK, Thomas appointed
director
2003-01-16
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Company incorporated
As H1 DESIGN LIMITED
2003-01-16
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MCGOLDRICK, Brian appointed
secretary
2003-01-16
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-16
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-16
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MCGOLDRICK, Josephine appointed
director
2003-01-16
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2003-01-16
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Mcgoldrick Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	15/01/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-01-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

Whitecrook Business Centre

Whitecrook Street

Clydebank

G81 1QF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCGOLDRICK, Brian→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-16

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Active

MCGOLDRICK, Brian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-03-04

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MCGOLDRICK, Thomas→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-04

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16

Resigned

MCGOLDRICK, Josephine→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2009-03-05

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16

Resigned

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