DINGWALL & HIGHLAND MARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC154876 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.8y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

39 officers (14 active, 39 linked, 34 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

159 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	39

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-07
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officers · AP01
2024-08-06
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NEWTON, Freda Mae appointed
director
2024-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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officers · TM01
2024-06-17
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GORDON, James Anderson Paterson resigned
director
2023-12-05
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officers · TM01
2023-12-04
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FORBES, James resigned
director
2023-07-07
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address · AD01
2023-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
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GRANT, Amy appointed
director
2022-11-21
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officers · AP01
2022-11-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-21
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FRASER, Donald Maclean resigned
director
2022-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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MACKENZIE, Sheena Mairi appointed
director
2021-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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officers · TM01
2021-02-25
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SPENCER, Paul Magnus Marck resigned
director
2020-11-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-11-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-06-03
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MACKINTOSH, Bruce Lewis appointed
secretary
2019-06-03
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MACPHERSON, Grant resigned
secretary
2019-06-03
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TOLMIE, Ian Munro resigned
director
2018-04-19
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FRASER, Hugh Maclean appointed
director
2017-12-14
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MCCALL, Ewan appointed
director
2017-12-14
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MCCALL, Malcolm John, Mr. resigned
director
2014-12-18
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FRASER, Duncan William resigned
director
2014-01-01
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FRASER, Kenneth Mackenzie appointed
director
2013-12-31
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MACPHERSON, James resigned
director
2013-12-31
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MCKENZIE, Kenneth resigned
director
2012-12-20
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MACPHERSON, Grant appointed
director
2012-12-20
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WHITEFORD, David Robert appointed
director
2012-12-20
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MACKENZIE, Edward John resigned
director
2012-12-20
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SPENCER, Paul Magnus Marck appointed
director
2010-06-22
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TAYLOR, Matthew Scott appointed
director
2008-03-20
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RENWICK, Farquhar Scott appointed
director
2008-03-20
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FRASER, Donald Maclean appointed
director
2007-08-11
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Charge satisfied #3
2003-06-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-06-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Highland Prospect Limited
2003-04-16
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RENWICK, Farquhar resigned
director
2002-06-18
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LEGGAT, Hugh David resigned
director
2002-06-14
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MACKENZIE, Ruairidh Duncan resigned
director
2002-06-13
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DANSON, David Laurence George resigned
director
2002-06-13
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GRAHAME, Joan Suzanne resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Dingwall Auction Mart Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dingwall Auction Mart Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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DINGWALL & HIGHLAND MARTS LIMITED

This company · SC154876

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dingwall Auction Mart Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence · firm interest	01/11/2020

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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A & R WOODLAND CONSULTANTS LTD→ SC570970 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
A A & D FRASER LIMITED→ SC474087 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
A CORRIGALL (PORTREE) LIMITED→ SC333650 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
ABRIACHAN FOREST TRUST→ SC171271 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	—	—
ACER FORESTRY LTD→ SC670730 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ACHAVANDRA STABLES LTD→ SC639931 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
AJR FISHING LTD→ SC623522 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
AKI SMITH LTD.→ SC293129 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
ALICK PATIENCE LTD→ SC525255 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
ALNESS ANGLING CLUB→ SC310060 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
ALTASS FISHINGS LIMITED→ SC478464 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
AMC WHITEBRIDGE LIMITED→ SC867086 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-12-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Dingwall & Highland Marts Limited Humberston

Bailechaul Road

Dingwall

Ross-Shire

IV15 9TP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03