HEBRIDEAN TEA COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC598578 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-30
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01270
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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, 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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-09-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-09-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-09-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-06-03
    ➖
    DAVIES, Gareth Rees resigned
    director
  10. 2024-06-03
    ➖
    MACKENZIE, William Bruce resigned
    director
  11. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-05-30
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    Company incorporated
    As HEBRIDEAN TEA COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2018-05-30
    ➕
    MACARTHUR, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 2018-05-30
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Iain appointed
    director
  20. 2018-05-30
    ➕
    DAVIES, Gareth Rees appointed
    director
  21. 2018-05-30
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, William Bruce appointed
    director
  22. 2018-05-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Macarthur
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/05/2018
Mr Iain Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/05/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr William Bruce Mackenzieceased 03/06/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Gareth Rees Daviesceased 03/06/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2018-05-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01270 — SIC 01270

Registered office

63 Kenneth Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACARTHUR, Kenneth→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, Iain→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-05-30
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Active
DAVIES, Gareth Rees→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-30 · resigned 2024-06-03
Resigned
MACKENZIE, William Bruce→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-05-30 · resigned 2024-06-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-22