SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING TRUST (PUBLICATIONS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC122794 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-07

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 29.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Book publishing

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

28 officers (6 active, 28 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2025-08-07
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accounts · AA
2024-07-22
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accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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officers · AP01
2024-06-19
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LOCKWOOD-HOLMES, Katy appointed
director
2024-05-26
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officers · TM01
2024-05-19
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HALL, John Arthur resigned
director
2024-03-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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YOUNG, Iain Mckenzie, Dr appointed
secretary
2019-01-15
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RAVEY, Christopher Robert resigned
secretary
2019-01-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-01-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-10-31
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YOUNG, Iain Mckenzie, Dr appointed
director
2018-10-31
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HALL, John Arthur appointed
director
2018-02-27
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HUTCHINSON, John Angus Pickering resigned
director
2017-06-27
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PRENTICE, Richard Thomas resigned
director
2016-10-25
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CROCKET, Kenneth resigned
director
2016-09-12
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HUTCHINSON, John Angus Pickering appointed
director
2014-10-30
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BOTT, Richard Kenneth resigned
secretary
2014-10-30
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RAVEY, Christopher Robert appointed
secretary
2014-10-30
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BOTT, Richard Kenneth resigned
director
2012-06-14
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JENSEN, Susan Lyn appointed
director
2012-06-14
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WHITWORTH, Brian Martin appointed
director
2012-06-14
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HUNTLEY, Christopher Michael, Dr resigned
director
2012-06-14
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SHAW, Matthew resigned
director
2009-10-01
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RAVEY, Christopher Robert appointed
director
2006-10-26
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HUNTLEY, Christopher Michael, Dr appointed
director
2006-10-26
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RUNCIMAN, William resigned
director
2003-09-22
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BOTT, Richard Kenneth appointed
secretary
2003-09-22
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FLEMING, Thomas Bryan resigned
secretary
2003-04-01
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GRIBBON, Philippe Whitaker Francis, Dr resigned
director
2003-04-01
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RUNCIMAN, William appointed
director
2003-04-01
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SHAW, Matthew appointed
director
2003-01-30
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FLEMING, Thomas Bryan resigned
director
2001-04-02
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BOTT, Richard Kenneth appointed
director
2001-03-31
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KASSYK, Adam, Dr resigned
director
2000-04-01
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GRIBBON, Philippe Whitaker Francis, Dr appointed
director
2000-03-31
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BENNET, Donald John resigned
director
2000-03-31
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GRANT, Colin Drummond, Professor resigned
director
1999-09-16
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PRENTICE, Richard Thomas appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

Scottish Mountaineering Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scottish Mountaineering Trust

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

ultimate parent

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SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING TRUST (PUBLICATIONS) LIMITED

This company · SC122794

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
Scottish Mountaineering Trust 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.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

6 Crown Circus

Inverness

IV2 3NQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31