HARRIS TWEED HIGHLAND SHOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC363265 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-29
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£52.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,149

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£52k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£115k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£46k£69k£92k£115kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£52.1k£46.7k
Current assets£115.5k£94.2k
Net assets£52.1k£46.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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  2. 2025-03-17
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  3. 2024-04-08
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2021-12-01
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  6. 2021-03-31
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    WATTERS, Karen Louise appointed
    director
  7. 2021-03-31
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  8. 2021-03-08
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  9. 2020-03-25
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  10. 2019-04-25
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  11. 2018-03-16
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  12. 2017-02-24
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  13. 2016-03-10
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  14. 2015-09-29
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  15. 2015-04-02
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  16. 2011-05-03
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    NICOL, Nigel Alexander Scott appointed
    director
  17. 2009-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As HARRIS TWEED HIGHLAND SHOP LIMITED
  18. 2009-07-29
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    NICOL, Nigel appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-07-29
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    HEBDON, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Alexander Scott Nicol
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-07-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

Harris Tweed Highland Shop
Main Street
Newtonmore
Highlands
PH20 1DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

NICOL, Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-29
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Active
HEBDON, Peter→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-07-29
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NICOL, Nigel Alexander Scott→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-05-03
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Active
WATTERS, Karen Louise→
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-03-31
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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-25