HARRISON & REEVE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC015667 · ltd · incorporated 1929-08-12
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£75.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
23 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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 £75,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£75k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£75kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£75.0k£75.0k
Debtors£75.0k£75.0k
Net assets£75.0k£75.0k

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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-01-04
    ➖
    CROWIE, Hiezel resigned
    director
  9. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-05-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-05-03
    ➕
    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
    director
  14. 2019-05-03
    ➖
    COWIE, Ian Dyer resigned
    director
  15. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-27
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    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2015-03-27
    ➖
    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2015-03-27
    ➕
    CROWIE, Hiezel appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-22
    ➖
    COWIE, Cynthia Violet May resigned
    director
  21. 2005-01-21
    ➕
    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-01-21
    ➖
    INFINITY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-12-01
    ➖
    CLARK & WALLACE SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    INFINITY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1990-02-05
    ➖
    WALLACE, Isolde Maria resigned
    director
  26. 1987-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  27. 1929-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As HARRISON & REEVE LIMITED

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

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 97 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Simon Henry Dyer Cowie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Miss Susan Gillian Cowie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1929-08-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK & WALLACE SOLICITORS→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned
INFINITY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2005-01-21
Resigned
INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2015-03-27
Resigned
COWIE, Cynthia Violet May→
director · ~104y · resigned 2008-10-22
Resigned
COWIE, Ian Dyer→
director · ~81y · resigned 2019-05-03
Resigned
CROWIE, Hiezel→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2020-01-04
Resigned
WALLACE, Isolde Maria→
director · resigned 1990-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-24