HIGHLAND SECURITY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC743197 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-01

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£-48.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Private security activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

7 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

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 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £48,633

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£49k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-48.6k	£-41.2k
Net assets	£-48.6k	£-41.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
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officers · AP01
2025-02-01
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LECKIE, Christina Catherine appointed
director
2024-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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Company incorporated
As HIGHLAND SECURITY LTD
2022-09-01
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MURDOCH, Michael William appointed
director
2022-09-01
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael William Murdoch Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/09/2022

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

Incorporated2022-09-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

2 Baron Taylor Street

Inverness

IV1 1QL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LECKIE, Christina Catherine→

director · ~38y · appointed 2025-02-01

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Active

MURDOCH, Michael William→

director · ~53y · appointed 2022-09-01

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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

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

officers · AP01

2025-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-13

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-09-01