HUNTER LAING HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC555631 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-25
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 6.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£39.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
37 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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £39,196
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£39k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £39.2k | £39.2k |
| Net assets | £39.2k | £39.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-08➖LAING, Stewart Hunter resigneddirector
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-15➖ARMOUR, David John resigneddirector
- 2023-06-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-08-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-08-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-08-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-09-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-07-13➕ARMOUR, David John appointeddirector
- 2017-01-25🏢Company incorporatedAs HUNTER LAING HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2017-01-25➕LAING, Andrew William Douglas appointeddirector
- 2017-01-25➕LAING, Scott Hepburn appointeddirector
- 2017-01-25➕LAING, Stewart Hunter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "LAING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew William Douglas Laing Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/07/2017 |
Mr Scott Hepburn Laing Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/01/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew William Douglas Laingceased 12/07/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| HOLYROOD STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PLC→ SC441988 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
16 Park Circus
Glasgow
G3 6AX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
LAING, Andrew William Douglas→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2017-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAING, Scott Hepburn→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2017-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARMOUR, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-07-13 · resigned 2023-06-15
LAING, Stewart Hunter→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2017-01-25 · resigned 2026-04-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/09/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (37 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-08-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2021-08-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-17