HARRANNA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC303864 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-12
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£164.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £163,999
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,059 YoY
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£129k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£164k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£149k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£40k£81k£121k£161k£201kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£171.2k£170.3k
Current assets£149.2k£201.5k
Cash£129.4k£182.2k
Debtors£19.8k£19.3k
Net assets£164.0k£169.1k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-08-10
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  6. 2020-10-16
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  7. 2019-11-21
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  8. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2017-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-04-06
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    DONALDSON, Fiona appointed
    director
  18. 2007-11-05
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    DONALDSON, Fiona Gillian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-11-05
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    FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-08-01
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    SHERRIFFS, Allan Douglas Reid appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-01
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    ROBERTSON, Alexander George resigned
    director
  22. 2006-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As HARRANNA LTD
  23. 2006-06-12
    ➕
    FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-06-12
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Alexander George 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Fiona Gillian Donaldson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares12/06/2017
Mr Allan Douglas Reid Sherriffs
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/06/2017

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
Incorporated2006-06-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd
Traill Drive
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DONALDSON, Fiona Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALDSON, Fiona→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-04-06
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Active
SHERRIFFS, Allan Douglas Reid→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2007-11-05
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Alexander George→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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2025-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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2024-06-12
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13