HIGHLAND CIDER LIMITED
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-42.0k | £-32.7k |
| Current assets | £6.0k | £7.3k |
| Cash | — | £657 |
| Net assets | £-42.0k | £-32.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-08-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS02
- 2018-10-02📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2018-09-20📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2018-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-16🏢Company incorporatedAs HIGHLAND CIDER LIMITED
- 2014-09-16➕MUNRO FERGUSON, William Hector Luttrell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Hector Luttrell Munro Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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