JAMES HARVIE & SONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC360707 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-04

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£186.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 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 £186,599

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,780 YoY

Cash YoY

+4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£237k

↑ 4.1% YoY

Net Worth

£187k

↓ 3.0% YoY

Current Assets

£329k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£256.0k	£234.8k
Current assets	£328.6k	£329.9k
Cash	£237.3k	£228.1k
Debtors	£61.3k	£66.2k
Net assets	£186.6k	£192.4k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2021-12-15
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2020-07-24
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2019-08-14
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2018-06-26
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2018-06-14
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2018-06-14
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2017-11-08
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2015-07-17
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2009-06-04
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Company incorporated
As JAMES HARVIE & SONS LTD.
2009-06-04
➕
HARVIE, Andrea appointed
secretary
2009-06-04
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HARVIE, Andrea appointed
director
2009-06-04
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HARVIE, Robert Graeme appointed
director
2009-06-04
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-06-04
➖
BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-06-04
➕
MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-06-04
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "HARVIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mrs Andrea Harvie Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Robert Graeme Harvie Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-06-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Tinto Garage 61 Biggar Road

Symington

Biggar

ML12 6FT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-18

Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HARVIE, Andrea→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-04

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Active

HARVIE, Andrea→

director · ~52y · appointed 2009-06-04

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Active

HARVIE, Robert Graeme→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-06-04

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-04 · resigned 2009-06-04

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-06-04 · resigned 2009-06-04

Resigned

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