HSHF LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC668868 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-27
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£115
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -60% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 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.

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Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £115
Cash draining
Cash down 60% YoY
Cash YoY
-60%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↓ 60% YoY
Net Worth
£115
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£48k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£21k£31k£41k£52kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.4k£17.9k
Current assets£47.6k£51.7k
Cash£12.8k£32.4k
Debtors£34.8k£19.3k
Net assets£115£103

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-29
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Shona appointed
    director
  8. 2021-01-29
    ➖
    EDWARDS, Ross resigned
    director
  9. 2021-01-29
    ➖
    MACKENZIE, Alexandra Anne resigned
    director
  10. 2021-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-01-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-01-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-01-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-01-29
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-01-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-08-10
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    GALLOWAY, Scott Archibald appointed
    director
  18. 2020-08-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2020-08-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-08-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2020-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As HSHF LTD
  22. 2020-07-27
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Ross appointed
    director
  23. 2020-07-27
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Alexandra Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2020-07-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Shona Galloway
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control29/01/2021
Mr Scott Archibald Galloway
Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/08/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Alexandra Anne Mackenzieceased 29/01/2021· 50-75% shares
  • Mr Ross Edwardsceased 29/01/2021· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2020-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

86 High Street
Markinch
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 6DQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GALLOWAY, Scott Archibald→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLOWAY, Shona→
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Ross→
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-07-27 · resigned 2021-01-29
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Alexandra Anne→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-07-27 · resigned 2021-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-29