HARECAIRN CONTRACTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC258763 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-05

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.

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 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 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

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

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	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	100	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 (24 events)Click to expand

2025-04-21
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accounts · AA
2024-07-25
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accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-04
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PURDOM, Robert resigned
secretary
2015-08-04
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officers · TM02
2015-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2007-12-17
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WHYTE, Jennifer appointed
director
2007-09-20
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DEMPSTER, James Henderson resigned
director
2003-11-05
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Company incorporated
As HARECAIRN CONTRACTS LIMITED
2003-11-05
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PURDOM, Scott Robert appointed
director
2003-11-05
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PURDOM, Robert appointed
secretary
2003-11-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-05
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DEMPSTER, James Henderson appointed
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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott Purdom Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Harecairn, Monikie

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 3QH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-10

Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PURDOM, Scott Robert→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-11-05

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Active

WHYTE, Jennifer→

director · ~57y · appointed 2007-12-17

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Active

PURDOM, Robert→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2015-08-04

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2003-11-05

Resigned

DEMPSTER, James Henderson→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

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