HIGHLAND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC370566 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-12-24
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
36 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-12-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-listannual-return · AR01
- 2009-12-24🏢Company incorporatedAs HIGHLAND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED
- 2009-12-24➕CHRISTIE, Alasdair Bryce appointedsecretary
- 2009-12-24➕CHRISTIE, Alasdair Bryce appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alasdair Bryce Christie Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | — | — | board controlboard control | 23/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| COLIN FULTON LTD→ SC771116 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EUROSWISS CAPITAL L.P.→ SL018188 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| GLOBUS L.P.→ SL018208 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| HHA2 LLP→ SO304104 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| HIGHLAND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT LIMITED→ SC596393 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| HIGHLAND EVENT SERVICES LIMITED→ SC764662 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| HIGHLAND FOREST PARTNERSHIP→ SL002787 · est 1996 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
| HIGHLAND LOCKSMITHS & SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED→ SC182981 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| HIGHLAND MOTORRAD LTD→ SC813050 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2009-12-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
29-31 Union Street
Inverness
IV1 1QA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CHRISTIE, Alasdair Bryce→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-12-24
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CHRISTIE, Alasdair Bryce→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2009-12-24
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Recent filings (36 total)
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2026-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-07