HILLSWICK SHOP LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC366918 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-15

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	11	1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-07
➖
MOORE, Stephen resigned
director
2025-12-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-21
➖
NICOL, Craig resigned
director
2025-06-02
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-02
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-02
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-04
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-02
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-17
➖
CROMARTY, John Alexander resigned
director
2024-01-31
➖
NICOLSON, Christina resigned
director
2024-01-31
➖
SANDISON, Emma Kathleen resigned
director
2023-12-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
📄
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-11-29
📄
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-08
➕
MOORE, Stephen appointed
director
2023-03-31
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-30
➕
SANDISON, Emma Kathleen appointed
director
2022-12-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-02
➕
NICOL, Craig appointed
director
2022-11-23
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-04
➖
DAVIDSON, Iain George resigned
director
2022-06-17
➖
WILCOCK, Esme Elizabeth resigned
director
2021-10-14
➕
WILCOCK, Esme Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-06-30
➖
MOWAT, Ewan Magnus resigned
director
2016-12-01
➕
HAMILTON, Leanne appointed
director
2016-08-04
➖
COPE, Fiona Elizabeth resigned
director
2016-08-04
➖
SINCLAIR, Peter George Malcolm resigned
director
2015-09-10
➕
COPE, Fiona Elizabeth appointed
director
2015-06-11
➖
MORTON, Thomas Maccalman resigned
director
2015-04-30
➕
NICOLSON, Christina appointed
director
2015-01-29
➖
TULLOCH, Ewan resigned
director
2014-06-15
➕
MORTON, Thomas Maccalman appointed
director
2014-01-27
➖
TULLOCH, Cynthia Margaret resigned
director
2013-05-31
➕
TITCOMB, James Hewartson appointed
director
2012-11-13
➖
BEVINGTON, Peter John resigned
director
2009-10-26
➕
MULLAY, Malcolm Graham appointed
director
2009-10-26
➕
ROBERTSON, Aileen Catherine appointed
director
2009-10-26
➕
DAVIDSON, Iain George appointed
director
2009-10-26
➕
MOWAT, Ewan Magnus appointed
director
2009-10-26
➕
SINCLAIR, Peter George Malcolm appointed
director
2009-10-26
➕
TULLOCH, Cynthia Margaret appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MOORE, Stephen resigned 2026-01-07; NICOL, Craig resigned 2025-11-21

Group structure

Northmavine Community Development Company is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Northmavine Community Development Company

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

⬇

HILLSWICK SHOP LTD

This company · SC366918

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Northmavine Community Development Company Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Retail · ZE postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
BLYDOIT FISH LIMITED→ SC243849 · est 2003	—	—	£248.7k	—	23y	83	65y
CEE & JAYS LIMITED→ SC335262 · est 2007	—	—	—	800	18y	83	64y
GTS CENTRAL LTD→ SC361392 · est 2009	—	—	£1.76M	—	16y	83	69y
FRANK WILLIAMSON LIMITED→ SC263009 · est 2004	—	—	—	10	22y	82	72y
LINKSHOUSE STORES LIMITED→ SC314571 · est 2007	—	—	—	0	19y	82	71y
HARRY'S DEPARTMENT STORE LIMITED→ SC242309 · est 2003	—	—	£775.2k	—	23y	80	58y
AYWICK SHOP LTD→ SC466305 · est 2013	—	—	£172.0k	—	12y	79	84y
BOLTS SHETLAND LIMITED→ SC033840 · est 1959	—	—	—	—	67y	79	65y
D H MARINE (MERGI) LIMITED→ SC285528 · est 2005	—	—	£699.7k	—	20y	78	53y
HOULLS HORSES AND HOUNDS LIMITED→ SC469404 · est 2014	—	—	—	1	12y	78	63y
BURNS LANE CLOTHING LTD→ SC577615 · est 2017	—	—	—	300	8y	77	64y
CALLIEU FAMILY BUTCHERS LIMITED→ SC685277 · est 2021	—	—	—	-300	5y	76	74y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-10-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Ncdc Office Hillswick Junction

Ollaberry

Shetland

ZE2 9RU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

HAMILTON, Leanne→

director · ~39y · appointed 2016-12-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MULLAY, Malcolm Graham→

director · ~71y · appointed 2009-10-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROBERTSON, Aileen Catherine→

director · ~41y · appointed 2009-10-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TITCOMB, James Hewartson→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-05-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEVINGTON, Peter John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2012-11-13

Resigned

COPE, Fiona Elizabeth→

director · ~68y · appointed 2015-09-10 · resigned 2016-08-04

Resigned

CROMARTY, John Alexander→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2024-04-17

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Iain George→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2022-08-04

Resigned

MOORE, Stephen→

director · ~57y · appointed 2023-11-08 · resigned 2026-01-07

Resigned

MORTON, Thomas Maccalman→

director · ~71y · appointed 2014-06-15 · resigned 2015-06-11

Resigned

MOWAT, Ewan Magnus→

director · ~64y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2020-06-30

Resigned

NICOL, Craig→

director · ~42y · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2025-11-21

Resigned

NICOLSON, Christina→

director · ~68y · appointed 2015-04-30 · resigned 2024-01-31

Resigned

SANDISON, Emma Kathleen→

director · ~31y · appointed 2023-03-30 · resigned 2024-01-31

Resigned

SINCLAIR, Peter George Malcolm→

director · ~75y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2016-08-04

Resigned

TULLOCH, Cynthia Margaret→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2014-01-27

Resigned

TULLOCH, Ewan→

director · ~53y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2015-01-29

Resigned

WILCOCK, Esme Elizabeth→

director · ~51y · appointed 2021-10-14 · resigned 2022-06-17

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (78 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-24

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

accounts · AA

2025-12-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-06-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-06-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-06-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-06-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-06-02

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

accounts · AA

2024-12-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-10-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-10-04

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-31