SHAKIL HILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC425174 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-29

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 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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accounts · AA
2022-11-04
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accounts · AA01
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-07-01
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mortgage · MR04
2021-07-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-07-01
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Charge satisfied #5
2021-07-01
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Charge satisfied #4
2021-03-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-03-05
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-12
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2018-12-17
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-30
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accounts · AA
2016-06-28
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mortgage · MR01
2016-06-22
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2016-06-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-06-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2016-06-01
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2014-10-09
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Assetz Capital Trust Company Limited
2014-09-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Assetz Capital Trust Company Limited
2014-09-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Assetz Capital Trust Company Limited
2012-05-29
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Company incorporated
As SHAKIL HILL LIMITED
2012-05-29
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POLLOCK, Emma appointed
director
2012-05-29
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POLLOCK, Robert Fraser appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

R & E Pollock Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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R & E Pollock Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SHAKIL HILL LIMITED

This company · SC425174

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
R & E Pollock Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-05-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Westby

64 West High Street

Forfar

Tayside

DD8 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-12

Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

POLLOCK, Emma→

director · ~57y · appointed 2012-05-29

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Active

POLLOCK, Robert Fraser→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-05-29

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	22/06/2016	01/07/2021
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	01/06/2016	01/07/2021
satisfied	Assetz Capital Trust Company Assetz Capital Trust Company Limited	A registered charge	1 property	09/10/2014	05/03/2021
satisfied	Assetz Capital Trust Company Assetz Capital Trust Company Limited	A registered charge	—	24/09/2014	10/06/2016
satisfied	Assetz Capital Trust Company Assetz Capital Trust Company Limited	A registered charge	1 property	17/09/2014	10/06/2016

Recent filings (42 total)

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

accounts · AA

2025-12-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-05

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

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-03

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

accounts · AA

2023-11-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-29

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-08

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-11-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-08

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

accounts · AA

2021-12-20

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2021-12-17

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-07-01

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-07-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-02

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-03-05