HIGHER GROUND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC393728 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-17
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
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£440.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
8 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £440,176
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,170 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£245k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£440k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£300k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£90k£180k£270k£360k£450kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£440.2k£450.3k
Current assets£299.7k£343.0k
Cash£245.2k£299.0k
Debtors£54.5k£44.0k
Net assets£440.2k£450.3k

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-23
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-07-23
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-26
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2018-04-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2018-03-01
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    SUTHERLAND, Adam John appointed
    director
  15. 2018-02-28
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    SUTHERLAND, Norman John resigned
    director
  16. 2018-02-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-02-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2012-12-17
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    FERGUSON-HANNAH, James Alasdair Neil resigned
    director
  19. 2012-10-05
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    FERGUSON-HANNAH, James Alasdair Neil resigned
    director
  20. 2011-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGHER GROUND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Alexander Bruce appointed
    director
  22. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Steven Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Adam Garry appointed
    director
  24. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2011-02-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    FERGUSON-HANNAH, James Alasdair Neil appointed
    director
  27. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    FERGUSON-HANNAH, James Alasdair Neil appointed
    director
  28. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  29. 2011-02-17
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  30. 2011-02-17
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Norman John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

8 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Bruce Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Steven Alexander Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Adam Garry Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Norman John Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Steven Alexander Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Adam Garry Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Norman John Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Bruce Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street
Tain
Ross-Shire
IV19 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DUNCAN, Alexander Bruce→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNCAN, Steven Alexander→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, Adam John→
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, Adam Garry→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-17 · resigned 2011-02-17
Resigned
FERGUSON-HANNAH, James Alasdair Neil→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-02-17 · resigned 2012-10-05
Resigned
FERGUSON-HANNAH, James Alasdair Neil→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-02-17 · resigned 2012-12-17
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-17 · resigned 2011-02-17
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Norman John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-02-17 · resigned 2018-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23