THE HIGHLAND LARDER LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC662677 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-01

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-116.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other food services

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

13 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £116,364

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£116k

↓ 1.1% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-116.4k	£-115.1k
Current assets	£6.1k	£6.1k
Net assets	£-116.4k	£-115.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-03-26
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accounts · AA
2024-04-04
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WOODS, Lauren Susan Amanda resigned
director
2024-04-04
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officers · TM01
2024-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-13
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officers · AP01
2020-08-01
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WOODS, Lauren Susan Amanda appointed
director
2020-06-01
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Company incorporated
As THE HIGHLAND LARDER LIMITED
2020-06-01
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CHISHOLM, Ewan James appointed
director
2020-06-01
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ewan James Chisholm Individual · British · DOB 07/1991 · age 35	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/06/2020

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

Incorporated2020-06-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

1 Ross Crescent

Balintore

Tain

IV20 1UW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-14

Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CHISHOLM, Ewan James→

director · ~35y · appointed 2020-06-01

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Active

WOODS, Lauren Susan Amanda→

director · ~35y · appointed 2020-08-01 · resigned 2024-04-04

Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-04-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-04

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-02-13

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2020-06-01