HRH GEOLOGICAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC370086 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-14

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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not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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officers · CH01
2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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O'SULLIVAN, Amy Carole appointed
director
2023-12-12
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officers · AP01
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2020-01-06
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accounts · AA
2019-01-03
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accounts · AA
2018-08-15
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officers · CH01
2018-08-14
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2018-08-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2018-08-14
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2018-08-14
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2018-01-07
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accounts · AA
2009-12-15
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HARLOW, Christopher John appointed
director
2009-12-15
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HARRISON, David appointed
director
2009-12-15
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KHAN, Dawood appointed
director
2009-12-15
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MOORLEY, Anthony appointed
director
2009-12-15
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RENNIE, Thomas George resigned
nominee-director
2009-12-14
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Company incorporated
As HRH GEOLOGICAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
2009-12-14
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PETERKINS SOLICITORS appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-12-14
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RENNIE, Thomas George appointed
nominee-director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.)

Group structure

Hrh Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hrh Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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HRH GEOLOGICAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

This company · SC370086

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
Hrh Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David Harrisonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Christopher Harlowceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Dawood Khanceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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

Incorporated2009-12-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

100 Union Street

Aberdeen

AB10 1QR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24