HIGGINS JOINERY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC755548 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£22.4k
Current assets£22.4k
Net assets£17.4k
Average employees-300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-09
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-04-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-02-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HIGGINS JOINERY LIMITED
  9. 2023-01-16
    HIGGINS, Charles Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2023-01-16
    HIGGINS, Charles Paysden appointed
    director
  11. 2023-01-16
    HIGGINS, Scott Charles appointed
    director
  12. 2023-01-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HIGGINS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Andrew Higgins
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/01/2023
Mr Charles Paysden Higgins
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1994 · age 32
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/01/2023
Mr Scott Charles Higgins
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/01/2023

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
Incorporated2023-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

49 John Finnie Street
F7
Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire
KA1 1BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HIGGINS, Charles Andrew
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-01-16
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Active
HIGGINS, Charles Paysden
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-01-16
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Active
HIGGINS, Scott Charles
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-01-16
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-16