HIGHLAND FOOD GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC277996 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-06

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 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.1y

95/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 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

79 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

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £83,014

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£83.0k	—
Average employees	98	—

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-17
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accounts · AA
2018-10-30
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2018-10-30
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2018-01-07
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accounts · AA
2017-01-11
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2014-04-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-04-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-03-14
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-02-07
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NISSEN, Christian appointed
director
2005-02-07
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
director
2005-01-06
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Company incorporated
As HIGHLAND FOOD GROUP LIMITED
2005-01-06
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-01-06
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THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-01-06
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THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-01-06
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
director

Owner dependency

85/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Christian Nissen Individual · Danish · DOB 07/1971 · age 55	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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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FLINTSTONE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED→ SC419975 · est 2012	£8.97M £6.61M–£11.33M	—	—	14	14y	83	66y
MARTIN ALAN HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC308225 · est 2006	£1.97M £1.45M–£2.49M	—	—	53	19y	88	69y
JAMES HUTTON LIMITED→ SC121376 · est 1989 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	36y	83	72y
THE INSIGHTS GROUP LIMITED→ SC166543 · est 1996 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	83	86y
AEMS LIMITED→ SC329130 · est 2007	—	—	—	—	18y	82	69y
ATELIER-M LIMITED→ SC289842 · est 2005	—	—	—	300	20y	82	61y
BELLSHELF (NINETY EIGHT) LIMITED→ SC396803 · est 2011	—	—	£37.2k	—	15y	82	64y
BELLSHELF (NINETY SEVEN) LIMITED→ SC271323 · est 2004	—	—	£370.1k	—	21y	82	64y
DEEP TEK LIMITED→ SC191642 · est 1998	—	—	—	200	27y	82	68y
DOUGLAS J. MARTIN & CO. (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC297521 · est 2006	—	—	£35.3k	—	20y	82	70y
EVOTEK LIMITED→ SC270149 · est 2004	—	—	—	100	21y	82	59y
J & A WORKSPACE LIMITED→ SC257663 · est 2003	—	—	£101.5k	—	22y	82	75y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-01-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Baird Avenue

Dryburgh Industrial Estate

Dundee

DD2 3TN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

NISSEN, Christian→

director · ~55y · appointed 2005-02-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-06 · resigned 2012-03-14

Resigned

THORNTONS WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-06 · resigned 2005-01-06

Resigned

HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→

director · ~64y · appointed 2005-01-06 · resigned 2005-02-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	25/04/2014	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	02/04/2014	—

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2025-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-12-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-17

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-21

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2022-10-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-10-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-25