ANGLO MACSCOTT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08933055 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-11

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-07-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-02
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officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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WADDELL, Andrew Alan Wallace appointed
director
2024-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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officers · TM01
2024-01-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-29
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THOMSON, Balfour resigned
director
2023-12-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-24
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WADDELL, Graham Herbert Wallace resigned
director
2023-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
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officers · AP01
2020-10-15
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott appointed
director
2019-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-27
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott resigned
director
2019-06-25
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott appointed
secretary
2019-06-25
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-08-05
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PRENTER, Michael Hugh Patrick appointed
director
2015-08-05
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PRENTER, Patrick Robert appointed
director
2015-08-05
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BELL, Adrian resigned
director
2015-08-05
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott appointed
director
2015-08-05
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THOMSON, Balfour appointed
director
2015-08-05
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WADDELL, Graham Herbert Wallace appointed
director
2015-08-05
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2014-03-11
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Company incorporated
As ANGLO MACSCOTT LIMITED
2014-03-11
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-03-11
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BELL, Adrian appointed
director
2014-03-11
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Morton Fraser Trustees Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Morton Fraser Trustees Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ANGLO MACSCOTT LIMITED

This company · 08933055

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Gibson Scott Prenter Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	05/08/2016
Morton Fraser Trustees Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · trust interest	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Balfour Thomsonceased 29/12/2023· 25-50% shares · significant influence · trust interest
Mr Graham Herbert Wallace Waddellceased 24/11/2023· 25-50% shares · significant influence · trust interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-03-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-11

Last: 2025-11-27