HIGHLAND LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC058041 · ltd · incorporated 1975-07-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£198.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49100
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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
17 officers (3 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
132 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £198,904

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£199k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£40k£80k£119k£159k£199kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£198.9k£198.9k
Current assets£3.9k£3.9k
Net assets£198.9k£198.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-22
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  2. 2024-07-27
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  3. 2023-09-05
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  4. 2022-08-23
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  5. 2021-01-24
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  6. 2020-10-20
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  9. 2020-10-14
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    YULE, John Alexander appointed
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  10. 2020-10-14
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    SCOTT, Douglas Wallace resigned
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  11. 2020-10-10
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  12. 2020-10-09
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    STANWORTH, Ian Keith appointed
    director
  13. 2020-04-19
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  14. 2019-08-14
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  15. 2018-07-27
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  16. 2017-04-25
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  17. 2016-06-10
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  19. 2015-06-11
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  20. 2013-06-03
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    SCOTT, Neil resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-06-03
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    SCOTT, Neil resigned
    director
  22. 2007-12-11
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    PARTRIDGE, John Frederick resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-11-17
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    NORRIS, Douglas Maccallum appointed
    director
  24. 2007-11-17
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    SCOTT, Neil appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-11-17
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    CAMERON, Norman Watson resigned
    director
  26. 2007-11-17
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    COOPER, Eric Victor resigned
    director
  27. 2007-11-17
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    PARTRIDGE, John Frederick resigned
    director
  28. 2007-11-17
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    SCOTT, Douglas Wallace appointed
    director
  29. 2007-11-17
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    SCOTT, Neil appointed
    director
  30. 2003-06-28
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    CORNWELL, Harold John Campbell resigned
    director
  31. 2001-07-07
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    CAMERON, Norman Watson appointed
    director
  32. 2000-11-10
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    ORMANDY, Warwick Rowles resigned
    director
  33. 1998-06-15
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    GARRAWAY, Allan George Weldon, Mbe resigned
    director
  34. 1998-04-18
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    ORMANDY, Warwick Rowles appointed
    director
  35. 1997-10-25
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    STERRY, Malcolm Thomas resigned
    director
  36. 1997-07-05
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    PARTRIDGE, John Frederick appointed
    secretary
  37. 1997-04-19
    ➖
    OATES, John Barry Statham resigned
    secretary
  38. 1997-04-19
    ➖
    OATES, John Barry Statham resigned
    director
  39. 1996-10-26
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    PARTRIDGE, John Frederick appointed
    director
  40. 1996-07-17
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    BARCLAY, Douglas Buttercase resigned
    director
  41. 1996-06-15
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    COOPER, Eric Victor appointed
    director
  42. 1975-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGHLAND LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Strathspey Railway Co Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Strathspey Railway Co Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HIGHLAND LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC058041

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Strathspey Railway Co Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1975-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49100 — SIC 49100

Registered office

Railway Station
Dalfaber Road
Aviemore
Inverness Shire
PH22 1PY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (3 active · 14 resigned)

NORRIS, Douglas Maccallum→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANWORTH, Ian Keith→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YULE, John Alexander→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OATES, John Barry Statham→
secretary · resigned 1997-04-19
Resigned
PARTRIDGE, John Frederick→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-05 · resigned 2007-12-11
Resigned
SCOTT, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-17 · resigned 2013-06-03
Resigned
BARCLAY, Douglas Buttercase→
director · ~97y · resigned 1996-07-17
Resigned
CAMERON, Norman Watson→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-07-07 · resigned 2007-11-17
Resigned
COOPER, Eric Victor→
director · ~98y · appointed 1996-06-15 · resigned 2007-11-17
Resigned
CORNWELL, Harold John Campbell→
director · ~91y · resigned 2003-06-28
Resigned
GARRAWAY, Allan George Weldon, Mbe→
director · ~100y · resigned 1998-06-15
Resigned
OATES, John Barry Statham→
director · ~87y · resigned 1997-04-19
Resigned
ORMANDY, Warwick Rowles→
director · ~92y · appointed 1998-04-18 · resigned 2000-11-10
Resigned
PARTRIDGE, John Frederick→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-10-26 · resigned 2007-11-17
Resigned
SCOTT, Douglas Wallace→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-11-17 · resigned 2020-10-14
Resigned
SCOTT, Neil→
director · ~41y · appointed 2007-11-17 · resigned 2013-06-03
Resigned
STERRY, Malcolm Thomas→
director · ~90y · resigned 1997-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (132 total)

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2025-06-22
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2025-06-13
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2024-07-27
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2024-06-18
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2023-06-11
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2022-08-23
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2022-06-19
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2021-06-16
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accounts · AA
2021-01-24
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officers · CH01
2020-10-20
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2020-10-20
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2020-10-20
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2020-10-10
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2020-06-15