HIGHLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC361717 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-25

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£93.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

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. 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 (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 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 £92,957

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7k

Net Worth

£93k

Current Assets

£112k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£93.0k	—
Current assets	£111.9k	—
Cash	£7.4k	—
Debtors	£104.5k	—
Net assets	£93.0k	—
Average employees	—	200

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2022-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
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accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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gazette · DISS40
2019-09-17
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gazette · GAZ1
2019-03-13
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accounts · AA
2018-05-18
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accounts · AA
2017-07-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-07-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-04-25
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accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-29
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accounts · AA
2009-06-25
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Company incorporated
As HIGHLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED
2009-06-25
➕
MACLEOD, Juliet Suzanne appointed
secretary
2009-06-25
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MACLEOD, William Henry appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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.
+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.
+No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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
Mr William Henry Macleod Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Juliet Suzanne Macleod Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2009-06-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Summit House

4-5 Mitchell Street

Edinburgh

EH6 7BD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-09

Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACLEOD, Juliet Suzanne→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-25

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Active

MACLEOD, William Henry→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-06-25

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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-10