HARRY TAYLOR & COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC579169 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-17
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£763.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 £763,091

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£763k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£740k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£153k£305k£458k£610k£763kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£767.4k£750.2k
Current assets£739.6k£744.9k
Net assets£763.1k£746.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-22
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  9. 2019-08-22
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2019-08-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2019-08-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-08-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-11-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2017-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As HARRY TAYLOR & COMPANY LIMITED
  17. 2017-10-17
    ➕
    DEMPSEY, Henry Martin appointed
    director
  18. 2017-10-17
    ➕
    MCDOWALL, Robbie appointed
    director
  19. 2017-10-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Henry Martin Dempsey
Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest17/10/2017
Robbie Mcdowall
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest17/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DEMPSEY, Henry Martin→
director · ~78y · appointed 2017-10-17
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Active
MCDOWALL, Robbie→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-10-17
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2019-08-22