HIGHLAND & UNIVERSAL LAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC533900 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-28

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-21
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts · AA
2020-06-16
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officers · CH01
2020-04-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-04-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-12-19
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accounts · AA
2019-10-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-10
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mortgage · MR01
2019-10-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-11-29
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accounts · AA
2018-01-03
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accounts · AA
2016-12-06
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accounts · AA01
2016-04-28
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Company incorporated
As HIGHLAND & UNIVERSAL LAND LIMITED
2016-04-28
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BRADLEY, Pauline Anne appointed
director
2016-04-28
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GLOAG, Ann Heron 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 84 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 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 84 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.)

Group structure

Gloag Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gloag Investments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HIGHLAND & UNIVERSAL LAND LIMITED

This company · SC533900

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
Gloag Investments Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/10/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Dame Ann Heron Gloagceased 02/10/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2016-04-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

56 George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 2LR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRADLEY, Pauline Anne→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-04-28

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Active

GLOAG, Ann Heron→

director · ~84y · appointed 2016-04-28

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	08/10/2019	—

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