HORIZON SCOTLAND (GP) LIMITED

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SC593662 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of real estate investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-04-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2019-10-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-06-25
    ➖
    HEAWOOD, John Anthony Nicholas resigned
    director
  14. 2019-06-25
    ➖
    THORNE, Matthew Wadman John resigned
    director
  15. 2019-06-25
    ➖
    WILSON, Catherine Jane resigned
    director
  16. 2019-06-25
    ➖
    WYLDE, David Rae resigned
    director
  17. 2019-06-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-06-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-06-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-06-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2019-06-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  22. 2018-12-31
    ➖
    LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2018-04-25
    ➖
    CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy resigned
    secretary
  24. 2018-04-25
    ➕
    LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2018-04-11
    ➖
    CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy resigned
    director
  26. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    HEAWOOD, John Anthony Nicholas appointed
    director
  27. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    THORNE, Matthew Wadman John appointed
    director
  28. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    WILSON, Catherine Jane appointed
    director
  29. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    WYLDE, David Rae appointed
    director
  30. 2018-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HORIZON SCOTLAND (GP) LIMITED
  31. 2018-04-06
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Harvey Spencer appointed
    director
  32. 2018-04-06
    ➕
    CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy appointed
    secretary
  33. 2018-04-06
    ➕
    CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Housing Reit Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Horizon Housing Reit Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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HORIZON SCOTLAND (GP) LIMITED
This company · SC593662

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 Housing Reit Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2018

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
Incorporated2018-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64306 — Activities of real estate investment trusts

Registered office

101 Rose Street South Lane
Edinburgh
EH2 3JG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Harvey Spencer→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy→
secretary · appointed 2018-04-06 · resigned 2018-04-25
Resigned
LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-04-25 · resigned 2018-12-31
Resigned
CUFLEY, Sean Dominic Hardy→
director · ~71y · appointed 2018-04-06 · resigned 2018-04-11
Resigned
HEAWOOD, John Anthony Nicholas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-04-11 · resigned 2019-06-25
Resigned
THORNE, Matthew Wadman John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2018-04-11 · resigned 2019-06-25
Resigned
WILSON, Catherine Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-04-11 · resigned 2019-06-25
Resigned
WYLDE, David Rae→
director · ~76y · appointed 2018-04-11 · resigned 2019-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-09
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
2020-04-06