SCOBIE & JUNOR (ESTD 1919) LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC010710 · ltd · incorporated 1919-10-30

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

13940SIC 13940
46900Non-specialised wholesale trade

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and structurally messy structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 52/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 50.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 50.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

149 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £52,755

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Profit before tax	£52.8k	£236.4k
Average employees	103	10200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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 (63 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
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mortgage · MR01
2024-03-19
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-05-26
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accounts · AA
2022-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
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officers · CH01
2021-04-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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auditors · AUD
2018-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-10
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officers · TM02
2017-11-10
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officers · AP04
2017-10-27
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DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2017-10-27
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2017-09-04
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officers · AP01
2017-09-04
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officers · AP01
2017-08-11
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WICKLOW, William Trevor Lewis resigned
director
2017-07-01
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DUNNE, Claire appointed
director
2017-07-01
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FREW, David Syme appointed
director
2017-07-01
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USHER, John appointed
director
2015-06-30
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) LTD
2012-06-02
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Charge satisfied #8
2012-05-02
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
2012-03-28
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2006-07-31
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-07-31
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-30
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-30
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-12-30
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CAMERON, Eric resigned
director
2000-08-30
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Charge satisfied #9
2000-01-28
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STEELE, Gabriel resigned
secretary
2000-01-28
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-10-01
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WICKLOW, Gordon Trevor appointed
director
1998-07-31
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ALEXANDER, Robert William resigned
director
1996-06-10
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Charge satisfied #12
1996-06-10
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Charge satisfied #13
1996-06-10
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Charge satisfied #11
1996-02-05
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WICKLOW, Andrew John appointed
director
1996-02-05
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ALEXANDER, Robert William appointed
director
1993-07-06
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Charge registered #12
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1993-07-05
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Charge registered #13
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1993-07-05
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Charge registered #11
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1993-07-05
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Charge satisfied #10
1993-07-05
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Charge satisfied #6
1993-07-05
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Charge satisfied #2
1993-07-05
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Charge satisfied #1

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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 107 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Scobie & Junor (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scobie & Junor (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SCOBIE & JUNOR (ESTD 1919) LIMITED

This company · SC010710

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Scobie & Junor (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1919-10-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

1 George Square

Glasgow

G2 1AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20