SIMON HOWIE MACHINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC452528 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-17
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46610SIC 46610
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-08
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    HOWIE, Ross Macpherson appointed
    director
  10. 2019-08-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-07-31
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    capital · SH06
  12. 2019-07-12
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    capital · SH03
  13. 2019-07-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-07-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2019-06-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As SIMON HOWIE MACHINERY LIMITED
  19. 2013-06-17
    ➕
    HOWIE, Simon Macpherson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

94/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HOWIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Macpherson Howie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting20/06/2019

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
Incorporated2013-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

The Harbour
Shore Road
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 8BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOWIE, Ross Macpherson→
director · ~36y · appointed 2019-08-08
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Active
HOWIE, Simon Macpherson→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-06-17
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-08-08