UHI SHARED SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC457396 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-08-22

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 13 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

52 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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STEWART, Sheena resigned
director
2024-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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BAXTER, Michael Alan appointed
director
2024-05-28
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MCARTHUR, Niall Geddes resigned
director
2024-05-28
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STEWART, Sheena appointed
director
2024-05-28
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officers · AP01
2024-05-28
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officers · AP01
2024-05-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2023-10-20
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address · AD01
2022-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-24
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officers · TM01
2021-04-16
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LARG, Fiona Margaret resigned
director
2020-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-02
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officers · TM01
2020-08-30
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FERRIES, Lindsay Margaret resigned
director
2020-08-30
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MACMILLAN, Iain resigned
director
2019-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-21
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GORDON, Iain Andrew resigned
director
2019-08-21
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HODKINSON, Dawne Taylor resigned
director
2018-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-08-21
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LINDSAY, Anne resigned
director
2015-11-12
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GORDON, Iain Andrew appointed
director
2015-10-27
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HUGHES, Alun Tegai resigned
director
2015-06-01
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HUMPHREYS, Anthony Victor resigned
director
2015-06-01
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LARG, Fiona Margaret appointed
director
2015-06-01
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MAHER, John Patrick resigned
director
2015-01-26
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ASHWORTH, Ronald Alan resigned
director
2015-01-26
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HUMPHREYS, Anthony Victor appointed
director
2014-03-10
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HODKINSON, Dawne Taylor appointed
director
2014-03-10
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MAHER, John Patrick appointed
director
2013-08-22
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Company incorporated
As UHI SHARED SERVICES LIMITED
2013-08-22
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ASHWORTH, Ronald Alan appointed
director
2013-08-22
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FERRIES, Lindsay Margaret appointed
director
2013-08-22
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HUGHES, Alun Tegai appointed
director
2013-08-22
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LINDSAY, Anne appointed
director
2013-08-22
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MACMILLAN, Iain appointed
director
2013-08-22
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MCARTHUR, Niall Geddes appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

University Of The Highlands And Islands holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

University Of The Highlands And Islands

Corporate parent

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UHI SHARED SERVICES LIMITED

This company · SC457396

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
University Of The Highlands And Islands Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2013-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Uhi House Old Perth Road

Raigmore

Inverness

IV2 3JH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

BAXTER, Michael Alan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2024-05-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ASHWORTH, Ronald Alan→

director · ~78y · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2015-01-26

Resigned

FERRIES, Lindsay Margaret→

director · ~55y · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2020-08-30

Resigned

GORDON, Iain Andrew→

director · ~77y · appointed 2015-11-12 · resigned 2019-08-21

Resigned

HODKINSON, Dawne Taylor→

director · ~66y · appointed 2014-03-10 · resigned 2019-08-21

Resigned

HUGHES, Alun Tegai→

director · ~66y · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2015-10-27

Resigned

HUMPHREYS, Anthony Victor→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-26 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

LARG, Fiona Margaret→

director · ~68y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2021-04-16

Resigned

LINDSAY, Anne→

director · ~70y · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2018-08-21

Resigned

MACMILLAN, Iain→

director · ~66y · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2020-08-30

Resigned

MAHER, John Patrick→

director · ~56y · appointed 2014-03-10 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

MCARTHUR, Niall Geddes→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2024-05-28

Resigned

STEWART, Sheena→

director · ~60y · appointed 2024-05-28 · resigned 2024-12-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-22

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-01-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-28

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-28

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-12-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-10-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-09-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-03-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-22