MAROTT GRAPHIC SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC120991 · ltd · incorporated 1989-10-26
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.37M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,365,394
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,430 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£793k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£278k£557k£835k£1.1m£1.4mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.50M£1.56M
Current assets£1.16M£1.17M
Cash£792.8k£847.0k
Debtors£187.5k£124.0k
Net assets£1.37M£1.39M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-10-22
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    SUTHERLAND, Martin resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2022-11-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-11-04
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Angela Dawn appointed
    secretary
  9. 2022-11-04
    ➖
    SUTHERLAND, Sheila resigned
    secretary
  10. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2019-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  14. 2018-09-24
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  15. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  16. 2016-11-07
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2016-08-16
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2008-08-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2008-07-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Scott appointed
    director
  22. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Martin appointed
    director
  23. 1994-12-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Ian appointed
    director
  24. 1994-12-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Sheila appointed
    director
  25. 1994-12-01
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-11-30
    ➖
    MINTO, Graeme Elliot resigned
    secretary
  27. 1994-11-30
    ➖
    MINTO, Euan Elliot resigned
    director
  28. 1993-09-16
    ➖
    GILBERT, John resigned
    secretary
  29. 1993-09-16
    ➕
    MINTO, Graeme Elliot appointed
    secretary
  30. 1991-12-16
    ➕
    GILBERT, John appointed
    secretary
  31. 1991-12-16
    ➖
    MINTO, Graeme Elliot resigned
    secretary
  32. 1991-12-16
    ➕
    MINTO, Euan Elliot appointed
    director
  33. 1991-12-16
    ➖
    ORR, James Stewart Hill resigned
    director
  34. 1989-10-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAROTT GRAPHIC SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ian Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Sheila Catherine Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-10-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

Marott Graphic Services
Spott Road Industrial Estate
Dunbar
East Lothian
EH42 1RS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Angela Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2022-11-04
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Ian→
director · ~79y · appointed 1994-12-01
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Scott→
director · ~52y · appointed 1997-07-01
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Sheila→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILBERT, John→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-16 · resigned 1993-09-16
Resigned
MINTO, Graeme Elliot→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-16 · resigned 1994-11-30
Resigned
MINTO, Graeme Elliot→
secretary · resigned 1991-12-16
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 2022-11-04
Resigned
MINTO, Euan Elliot→
director · ~89y · appointed 1991-12-16 · resigned 1994-11-30
Resigned
ORR, James Stewart Hill→
director · ~75y · resigned 1991-12-16
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Martin→
director · ~55y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2025-10-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property21/08/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property10/07/2008—
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Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-11-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29