HAIG ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC497059 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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£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 employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-17
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-13
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-22
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-05-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2016-04-06
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    PURVIS, Robert appointed
    director
  17. 2015-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As HAIG ESTATES LIMITED
  18. 2015-02-05
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    DAVIE, Andrew Henry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Henry Davie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/02/2017
Mr Robert Purvis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/02/2017

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
Incorporated2015-02-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIE, Andrew Henry→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-02-05
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Active
PURVIS, Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 2016-04-06
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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-29