NORTH HARRIS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC275446 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-01

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£87.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

29 officers (6 active, 29 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £87,825

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£17k

Net Worth

£88k

Current Assets

£41k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31
Total assets	£104.8k
Current assets	£40.9k
Cash	£17.0k
Debtors	£12.9k
Net assets	£87.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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2025-11-04
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BLAKE, Douglas Gerald appointed
director
2025-06-04
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accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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officers · TM01
2024-10-28
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MORRISON, Dolina Joan resigned
director
2024-07-24
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accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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officers · AP01
2024-05-07
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officers · AP01
2024-05-07
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officers · TM01
2024-05-07
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officers · TM01
2024-05-06
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RUSS, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2024-05-06
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LANGLEY, Timothy Isaac resigned
director
2024-05-06
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MACKAY, Kirsty Mary resigned
director
2024-05-06
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MORRISON, Dolina Joan appointed
director
2023-07-28
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accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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officers · AP01
2023-06-27
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MACRAE, James appointed
director
2023-05-16
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officers · TM01
2023-05-15
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NESS, Gordon Robert resigned
director
2022-10-10
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accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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accounts · AA
2020-05-01
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officers · AP01
2020-04-27
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MACKAY, Kirsty Mary appointed
director
2020-03-27
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officers · AP03
2020-03-20
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HUNTER, Michael appointed
secretary
2020-02-25
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CUMMING, Gordon resigned
secretary
2020-02-25
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officers · TM02
2020-02-25
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2020-02-24
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MACSWEEN, Ian Angus resigned
director
2018-04-30
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HAYES, Shaun resigned
director
2018-04-30
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MACLEOD, Donald resigned
director
2017-08-28
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CUMMING, Gordon appointed
secretary
2017-08-28
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MACLEOD, Alistair resigned
secretary
2016-08-30
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NESS, Gordon Robert appointed
director
2016-04-20
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BARRETT, Richard resigned
director
2015-08-17
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MACKAY, Donald Angus resigned
director
2015-07-15
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MACLEOD, Alistair appointed
secretary
2015-06-30
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WAKE, David resigned
secretary
2014-09-09
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MACLEOD, Donald appointed
director
2014-03-25
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MORRISON, Ronald Cameron resigned
director
2013-11-12
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CAMERON, David Ewan resigned
director
2013-11-12
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HAYES, Shaun appointed
director
2013-08-13
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BARRETT, Richard appointed
director
2013-08-13
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LANGLEY, Timothy Isaac appointed
director
2012-08-27
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MCCOMBE, Steve appointed
director
2012-07-09
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MACDONALD, Linda resigned
director
2012-06-25
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MACLEOD, Duncan James resigned
director
2010-11-09
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MACLEOD, Alistair resigned
secretary
2010-11-09
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WAKE, David appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

The North Harris Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The North Harris Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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NORTH HARRIS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC275446

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
The North Harris Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-11-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Tigh An Urrais Main Street

East Tarbert

Isle Of Harris

HS3 3DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01