HIGHLAND OPPORTUNITY (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC240940 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-10

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.90M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

52 officers (10 active, 52 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

140 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,904,944

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.9m

↑ 1.4% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.90M	£1.88M
Debtors	£2.02M	£1.90M
Net assets	£1.90M	£1.88M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (116 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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officers · AP01
2026-03-26
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NIVEN, Leslie-Anne appointed
director
2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-12-10
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officers · TM01
2025-12-08
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OLDHAM, Paul Kenneth resigned
director
2025-03-18
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accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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officers · AP01
2024-10-31
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CAMPBELL, Isabelle Mary appointed
director
2024-09-20
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GREEN, Michael Geddes resigned
director
2024-09-20
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officers · TM01
2024-06-27
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REID, Morven appointed
director
2024-06-27
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officers · AP01
2024-05-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-15
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MACDONALD, Angus Francis resigned
director
2024-05-10
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officers · AP01
2024-05-09
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HENDRY, Jacqueline Michele appointed
director
2024-04-08
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officers · TM01
2024-04-04
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RHIND, Alasdair resigned
director
2024-03-20
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officers · AP01
2024-03-20
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officers · TM01
2024-03-14
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ROSS, Maureen Ross appointed
director
2024-03-14
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CRAWFORD, Helen Ishbel resigned
director
2023-12-18
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officers · AP01
2023-12-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-14
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COLLIER, Tamala Sajani Ishanka appointed
director
2023-12-14
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COCKBURN, Muriel resigned
director
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
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officers · AP01
2022-12-08
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MACLEAN, Kathleen Laura appointed
director
2022-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-05
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SINCLAIR, Glynis Elizabeth Anne resigned
director
2022-06-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-22
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officers · AP01
2022-06-20
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2022-06-09
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MACKIE, Struan appointed
director
2022-06-09
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MACLENNAN, Thomas John appointed
director
2022-06-09
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COCKBURN, Muriel appointed
director
2022-06-09
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CRAWFORD, Helen Ishbel appointed
director
2022-06-09
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GREEN, Michael Geddes appointed
director
2022-06-09
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MACDONALD, Angus Francis appointed
director
2022-06-09
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MACLEOD, Malcolm resigned
director
2022-06-09
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OLDHAM, Paul Kenneth appointed
director
2022-06-09
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RHIND, Alasdair appointed
director
2022-06-09
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SINCLAIR, Glynis Elizabeth Anne appointed
director
2022-05-05
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ADAM, Gordon Millen resigned
director
2022-05-05
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CADDICK, Carolyn Ann, Maj (Retd) resigned
director
2022-05-05
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CARMICHAEL, Helen Mae resigned
director
2022-05-05
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LOUDEN, Derek William resigned
director
2022-05-05
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MACKAY, Donald Muir resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 116 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Highland Opportunity Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Highland Opportunity Limited

Corporate parent

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HIGHLAND OPPORTUNITY (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED

This company · SC240940

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Highland Opportunity Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/12/2016

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

Incorporated2002-12-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Highland Council Headquarters

Glenurquhart Road

Inverness

IV3 5NX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-15

Last: 2025-09-01