HIGHLAND I.T. SUPPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC255213 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £3,857
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,103 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£992£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.1k£5.2k
Current assets£3.0k£4.2k
Net assets£3.9k£5.0k

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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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
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  2. 2024-07-15
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  3. 2023-07-05
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2021-06-09
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  6. 2020-05-13
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  7. 2019-05-20
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  8. 2018-07-09
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  9. 2017-07-03
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  10. 2016-05-13
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  11. 2015-09-03
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  12. 2015-06-02
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  13. 2014-09-04
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  14. 2014-05-02
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  15. 2013-09-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-09-14
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    ROWAN, Sally Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-09-14
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    ROWAN, Sally Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2003-09-14
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    ROWAN, Stephen Denis appointed
    director
  19. 2003-09-14
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-09-14
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2003-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGHLAND I.T. SUPPORT LIMITED
  22. 2003-09-03
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-09-03
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Denis Rowan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/09/2016
Mrs Sally Elizabeth Rowan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/09/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

33 Glenburn Drive
Inverness
IV2 4NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROWAN, Sally Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-14
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Active
ROWAN, Sally Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-09-14
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Active
ROWAN, Stephen Denis→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-09-14
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Active
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2003-09-14
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2003-09-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
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accounts · AA
2025-07-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-08