HUNTERS OF LINLITHGOW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC299675 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees29002800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-08-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  9. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-02-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  12. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-06-21
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2016-05-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2012-07-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2006-03-28
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2006-03-28
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2006-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As HUNTERS OF LINLITHGOW LIMITED
  23. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    HUNTER, Mairi Jane appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    HUNTER, John appointed
    director
  25. 2006-03-27
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    HUNTER, Mairi Jane appointed
    director
  26. 2006-03-27
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-03-27
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HUNTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Mairi Jane Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

4 Mill Road Industrial Estate
Linlithgow
West Lothian
EH49 7SF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUNTER, Mairi Jane→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-27
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Active
HUNTER, John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-03-27
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Active
HUNTER, Mairi Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-03-27
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-28
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property16/02/202126/08/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property02/07/201204/06/2025

Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-03