NORTH OF SCOTLAND ICE COMPANY LIMITED

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SC016989 · ltd · incorporated 1932-09-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£12.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 4 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£12k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£12k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£12.0k£12.0k
Current assets£12.0k£12.0k
Net assets£12.0k£12.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-08-14
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  3. 2024-01-11
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  4. 2024-01-03
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    J W FISHING VESSEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  5. 2023-07-07
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  6. 2022-06-29
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  7. 2021-07-23
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  8. 2020-07-24
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  9. 2019-08-08
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  10. 2018-08-28
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  11. 2017-08-24
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  12. 2016-07-14
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  13. 2016-07-14
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  14. 2016-07-14
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  15. 2016-06-20
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
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  16. 2016-06-20
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay resigned
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  17. 2016-01-12
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  18. 2015-06-03
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  19. 2013-01-08
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay appointed
    secretary
  20. 2013-01-08
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    SPROULE, Lorraine resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-01
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2004-08-18
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    HISLOP, Mitchell resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-08-18
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    SPROULE, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-07-30
    ➕
    J W HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2004-07-30
    ➖
    WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir resigned
    director
  26. 2004-07-30
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    J W FISHING VESSEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2004-05-19
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    GARRETT, Edwin Charles resigned
    director
  28. 2003-03-14
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    AUCKLAND, Robert Ian resigned
    secretary
  29. 2003-03-14
    ➕
    HISLOP, Mitchell appointed
    secretary
  30. 1999-01-08
    ➕
    AUCKLAND, Robert Ian appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-01-08
    ➖
    CROSSAN, Finlay George resigned
    secretary
  32. 1996-12-31
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    SHEARER, Donald Dunnett resigned
    director
  33. 1932-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As NORTH OF SCOTLAND ICE COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 94 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

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

Group structure

John S Duncan Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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John S Duncan Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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NORTH OF SCOTLAND ICE COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC016989

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John S Duncan Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1932-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Blenheim House
Fountainhall Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

GOOD, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2016-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
J W HOLDINGS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUCKLAND, Robert Ian→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-08 · resigned 2003-03-14
Resigned
CROSSAN, Finlay George→
secretary · resigned 1999-01-08
Resigned
HISLOP, Mitchell→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2004-08-18
Resigned
MCKENZIE, Lindsay→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-08 · resigned 2016-06-20
Resigned
SPROULE, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-18 · resigned 2013-01-08
Resigned
GARRETT, Edwin Charles→
director · ~94y · resigned 2004-05-19
Resigned
SHEARER, Donald Dunnett→
director · ~92y · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir→
director · ~84y · resigned 2004-07-30
Resigned
J W FISHING VESSEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-07-30 · resigned 2024-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (116 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
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accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
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accounts · AA
2020-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-08