HMMH (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC395394 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.0y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees16001400

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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2022-05-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-05-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2022-04-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  9. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-13
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    DUNCAN, Julie Veronica appointed
    director
  11. 2021-10-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-10-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-09-15
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    OPPERMAN, Diederich Johannes resigned
    director
  14. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-23
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  17. 2019-10-23
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  18. 2019-10-23
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  19. 2019-10-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  20. 2019-10-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  21. 2015-02-10
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    OPPERMAN, Diederich Johannes appointed
    director
  22. 2013-12-03
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    DUNCAN, Julie Veronica appointed
    secretary
  23. 2011-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As HMMH (SCOTLAND) LTD
  24. 2011-03-14
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    DUNCAN, Alexander Frank appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DUNCAN, Julie Veronica (same surname) appointed 2021-10-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Craigowl Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Craigowl Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HMMH (SCOTLAND) LTD
This company · SC395394

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Craigowl Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting20/05/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Frank Duncanceased 20/05/2022· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2011-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Balkemback
Tealing
Angus
DD4 0RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DUNCAN, Julie Veronica→
secretary · appointed 2013-12-03
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Active
DUNCAN, Alexander Frank→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-14
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Active
DUNCAN, Julie Veronica→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OPPERMAN, Diederich Johannes→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-02-10 · resigned 2021-09-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/04/2022—
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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-13