HALLYBURTON ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC120222 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 32.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 32.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-15➕LLEWELLEN PALMER, Nicholas Ralph appointeddirector
- 2022-09-15➖MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2022-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2021-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2002-09-30➕PALMER, Alexandra Diana Llewellen appointeddirector
- 2002-03-31➖LLEWELLEN PALMER, Julian Neil resigneddirector
- 2002-03-31➕MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 1997-09-10➕MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-09-10➖MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1993-09-30➖MILLER HENDRY resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1993-09-30➕MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1993-05-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Malcolm Archibald James St.Clair and Others as Trustees of the Hallyburton Trust
- 1989-09-18🏢Company incorporatedAs HALLYBURTON ESTATES LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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The Hon. Alexander James Baillie Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
Alexandra Diana Llewellen Palmer Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alasdair John Findlay Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
Hallyburton Estate Office Coupar
Angus
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH13 9JR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 1997-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LLEWELLEN PALMER, Nicholas Ralph→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2022-09-15
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PALMER, Alexandra Diana Llewellen→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2002-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLER HENDRY→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · resigned 1993-09-30
MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1993-09-30 · resigned 1997-09-10
LLEWELLEN PALMER, Julian Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · resigned 2002-03-31
MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2002-03-31 · resigned 2022-09-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Malcolm Archibald James St.Clair and Others as Trustees of the Hallyburton Trust | Standard security | 1 property | 19/05/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (104 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-04