HEARTWOOD TREES SCOTLAND LIMITED
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Opportunity 73/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-19.0k | £-9.0k |
| Current assets | £1.7k | £9.2k |
| Net assets | £-23.1k | £-11.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 address
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-10🏢Company incorporatedAs HEARTWOOD TREES SCOTLAND LIMITED
- 2014-01-10➕MEARNS, Dominic Hugh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Dominic Hugh Mearns Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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