HS SUPPLIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC580193 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-30
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,409

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£1k
↑ 92% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£17k-£4k£9k£23k£36k£49kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£12.8k£-9.3k
Current assets£46.5k£49.5k
Net assets£-1.4k£-17.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-27
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Margaret appointed
    director
  6. 2023-04-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-04-08
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Donald Roderick Graham resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As HS SUPPLIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  16. 2017-10-30
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  17. 2017-10-30
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2017-10-30
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Donald Roderick Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2017-10-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Macleod
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Customs House
Quay Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2XX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACLEOD, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2017-10-30
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Active
MACLEOD, Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-04-27
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Active
MACLEOD, Mark→
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-10-30
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Active
MACLEOD, Donald Roderick Graham→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-10-30 · resigned 2022-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-30