S & H NIGG PIER LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC585060 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-08

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£-2.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £2,849

Very low cash

Cash position: £1

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1

~ YoY

Net Worth

-£3k

↓ 19% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£-2.8k	£-2.4k
Cash	£1	£1
Net assets	£-2.8k	£-2.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-08-28
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2024-07-31
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2023-10-25
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2022-04-06
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2021-10-21
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accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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accounts · AA
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officers · CH01
2020-04-27
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officers · CH01
2020-04-27
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2019-10-30
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2019-10-30
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2019-10-07
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2018-01-08
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Company incorporated
As S & H NIGG PIER LIMITED
2018-01-08
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HOWARD, Gary Jay appointed
director
2018-01-08
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SUTHERLAND, Alexander appointed
director
2018-01-08
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incorporation · NEWINC

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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gary Jay Howard Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/01/2018
Mr Alexander Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/01/2018

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

Incorporated2018-01-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Unit 8 Golspie Business Park

Golspie

Sutherland

KW10 6UB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOWARD, Gary Jay→

director · ~47y · appointed 2018-01-08

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Active

SUTHERLAND, Alexander→

director · ~67y · appointed 2018-01-08

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