DONALDSONS OF THE HIGHLANDS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC713633 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.3y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 3 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-01-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-13➖LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2023-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-01-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-10-29🏢Company incorporatedAs DONALDSONS OF THE HIGHLANDS LIMITED
- 2021-10-29➕ROCK, Alice Louise appointeddirector
- 2021-10-29➕ROCK, Daniel Joseph Peter appointeddirector
- 2021-10-29➕LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2021-10-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Daniel Joseph Peter Rock Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/10/2021 |
Mrs Alice Louise Rock Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/10/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Registered office
Donaldsons
26 High Street
Grantown-On-Spey
PH26 3EH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ROCK, Alice Louise→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROCK, Daniel Joseph Peter→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2021-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2021-10-29 · resigned 2023-01-13
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/01/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 21/01/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-01