ANGUS CHISHOLM (HIGHLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC303042 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-26

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£213.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation
43390Other building completion and finishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 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 £213,905

Cash YoY

+38%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£88k

↑ 38% YoY

Net Worth

£214k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£287k

↑ 96% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£244.5k	£215.0k
Current assets	£286.9k	£146.4k
Cash	£88.4k	£64.2k
Debtors	£197.8k	£81.6k
Net assets	£213.9k	£165.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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accounts · AA
2022-11-17
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accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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accounts · AA
2020-10-12
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accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-30
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-25
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accounts · AA
2006-05-26
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Company incorporated
As ANGUS CHISHOLM (HIGHLAND) LIMITED
2006-05-26
➕
CHISHOLM, Louise Pirie appointed
secretary
2006-05-26
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CHISHOLM, Angus appointed
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHISHOLM" — 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 20 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Angus Chisholm Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Louise Chisholm Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/07/2018

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

Incorporated2006-05-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

9 Wester Greengates

Fortrose

IV10 8RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-09

Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHISHOLM, Louise Pirie→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-26

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Active

CHISHOLM, Angus→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-05-26

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