HALKIRK SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC589464 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-21

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities for crop production

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

02400SIC 02400
74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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, 4 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-30	2024-08-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2025-04-10
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2024-02-28
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2023-05-22
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2022-05-05
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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2021-09-22
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accounts · AA01
2021-03-13
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accounts · AA
2019-10-07
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accounts · AA
2019-07-09
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officers · CH01
2019-03-26
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2019-03-26
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Company incorporated
As HALKIRK SERVICES LTD
2018-02-21
➕
MOORE, Michael Leslie appointed
director
2018-02-21
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MOORE, Theresa appointed
director
2018-02-21
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Leslie Moore Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69	50–75%	—	board control50-75% shares · board control	21/02/2018
Mrs Theresa Moore Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55	50–75%	—	board control50-75% shares · board control	21/02/2018

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

Incorporated2018-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

4 Fairview Court

Halkirk

KW12 6YX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last made up to: 2025-08-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MOORE, Michael Leslie→

director · ~69y · appointed 2018-02-21

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Active

MOORE, Theresa→

director · ~55y · appointed 2018-02-21

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Active

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