SIGNRIGHT (HIGHLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC348444 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-11
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£64.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £64,562
Cash YoY
+66771%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 66771% YoY
Net Worth
£65k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£104k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£46k£68k£91k£114kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£148.2k£96.4k
Current assets£104.5k£113.8k
Cash£4.7k£7
Debtors£84.8k£103.8k
Net assets£64.6k£53.1k

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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-25
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    address · AD01
  8. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-13
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2017-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-13
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-29
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    CORMACK, Richard resigned
    director
  17. 2008-09-15
    ➕
    CRUICKSHANK, Shane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-09-15
    ➕
    CRUICKSHANK, Philip Roy appointed
    director
  19. 2008-09-15
    ➕
    CRUICKSHANK, Shane appointed
    director
  20. 2008-09-15
    ➕
    CORMACK, Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2008-09-15
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  22. 2008-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As SIGNRIGHT (HIGHLAND) LIMITED
  23. 2008-09-11
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Shane Cruickshank
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Philip Roy Cruickshank
Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/06/2017

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
Incorporated2008-09-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Essich Meadows
Inverness
IV2 6EW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CRUICKSHANK, Shane→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRUICKSHANK, Philip Roy→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRUICKSHANK, Shane→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORMACK, Richard→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-09-15 · resigned 2017-06-29
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-09-11 · resigned 2008-09-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-24