SCOTT & FYFE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC017244 · ltd · incorporated 1933-04-05

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

£21.01M

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 13960

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 57.3y

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 57.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

34 officers (6 active, 34 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

172 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £2,337,000

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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£21.01M	—
Operating profit	£2.07M	—
Profit before tax	£2.34M	—
Average employees	9400	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2026-03-02
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officers · TM01
2026-02-28
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MELVILLE, Ross resigned
director
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
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SMITH, Jason appointed
director
2025-02-03
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officers · AP01
2024-09-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-13
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PAP, Roland resigned
director
2024-08-07
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officers · AP01
2024-08-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-01
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MCGOLDRICK, Kevin appointed
director
2024-07-31
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KINNEAR, Stephen resigned
director
2024-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-08-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-01
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MELVILLE, Ross appointed
director
2023-05-09
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GRANT, Mark Alexander appointed
secretary
2023-05-08
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GRANT, Mark Alexander appointed
director
2023-04-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-17
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KINNEAR, Stephen appointed
director
2023-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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ROBERTS, Brian resigned
director
2023-01-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-31
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LUPTON, John Carson resigned
director
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-21
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WALLACE, John Mclaren resigned
secretary
2022-03-21
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WALLACE, John Mclaren resigned
director
2021-07-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-24
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GREIG, Iain William resigned
director
2021-06-24
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ROBERTS, Brian appointed
director
2020-06-26
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CAMERON, Colin Hugh resigned
secretary
2020-06-26
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WALLACE, John Mclaren appointed
secretary
2020-06-26
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CAMERON, Colin Hugh resigned
director
2020-06-26
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WALLACE, John Mclaren appointed
director
2019-01-09
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2017-09-30
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KUENSSBERG, Nicholas Christopher resigned
director
2017-01-01
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QUADRELLI, Michelle Louise appointed
director
2017-01-01
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PAP, Roland appointed
director
2016-06-27
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GREIG, Iain William appointed
director
2016-03-11
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PALMER, John Gordon resigned
director
2014-05-31
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TOUGH, Richard Hamish resigned
director
2013-01-01
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PALMER, John Gordon appointed
director
2012-12-31
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LAMB, Ian Melville resigned
director
2012-10-19
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Charge satisfied #5

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Scott & Fyfe Limited Employee Benefit Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scott & Fyfe Limited Employee Benefit Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SCOTT & FYFE LIMITED

This company · SC017244

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
Scott & Fyfe Limited Employee Benefit Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated1933-04-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC13960 — SIC 13960

Registered office

Tayport Works

Links Road

Tayport

Fife

DD6 9EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-06

Last: 2025-05-23