HORIZON (GP) LIMITED

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SC493523 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Leverage-led grower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.4y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £29,712
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Profit before tax£29.7k£-65.2k
Average employees6600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-03-31
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    CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy resigned
    director
  13. 2018-08-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2018-08-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-24
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-03-16
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    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2018-03-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  19. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-06-26
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    PHILLIPS, Christopher Robin Leslie resigned
    director
  21. 2016-12-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: N M Rothschild & Sons Limited as Security Agent
  22. 2016-12-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: N M Rothschild & Sons Limited as Security Agent
  23. 2015-09-22
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    CASEY, Paul Vincent appointed
    director
  24. 2015-09-22
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    CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy appointed
    director
  25. 2015-09-22
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    PHILLIPS, Christopher Robin Leslie appointed
    director
  26. 2014-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As HORIZON (GP) LIMITED
  27. 2014-12-16
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    GRIFFITHS, Harvey Spencer 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

Horizon Infrastructure Partnership Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Horizon Infrastructure Partnership Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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HORIZON (GP) LIMITED
This company · SC493523

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
Horizon Infrastructure Partnership Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence28/07/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2014-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CASEY, Paul Vincent→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Harvey Spencer→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-09-22 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Christopher Robin Leslie→
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-09-22 · resigned 2017-06-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge—12/03/2018—
outstanding
N M Rothschild & Sons as Security Agent
N M Rothschild & Sons Limited as Security Agent
A registered charge—21/12/2016—
outstanding
N M Rothschild & Sons as Security Agent
N M Rothschild & Sons Limited as Security Agent
A registered charge—21/12/2016—
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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-08