GROWING CONCERN SCOTLAND LTD.

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SC141671 · ltd · incorporated 1992-12-10

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 26.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 9 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

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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officers · AP01
2026-04-09
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officers · TM01
2026-04-01
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THOMPSON, Andrew appointed
director
2026-04-01
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MURRAY, Iain William resigned
director
2025-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-24
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accounts · AA
2019-07-22
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accounts · AA
2018-07-25
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accounts · AA
2017-10-09
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officers · AP01
2017-10-02
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MURRAY, Iain William appointed
director
2017-06-27
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accounts · AA
2017-04-25
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officers · TM01
2017-04-10
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GORDON, Brian James resigned
director
2016-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2016-11-17
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BROWN, Martine Sandra appointed
secretary
2016-11-17
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BROWN, Martine Sandra appointed
director
2016-11-17
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GORDON, Brian James appointed
director
2016-10-22
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TAYLOR, William resigned
director
2016-06-13
➖
SMITH, Ian Patrick resigned
secretary
2016-06-13
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SMITH, Ian Patrick resigned
director
2016-01-28
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TAYLOR, William appointed
director
2016-01-28
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TAYLOR, William resigned
director
2008-10-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2008-10-01
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SMITH, Ian Patrick appointed
secretary
2008-10-01
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STRETCH, James resigned
secretary
2008-10-01
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SMITH, Ian Patrick appointed
director
2008-10-01
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STRETCH, Michael resigned
director
2008-10-01
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TAYLOR, William appointed
director
2003-05-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2000-05-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1992-12-10
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Company incorporated
As GROWING CONCERN SCOTLAND LTD.
1992-12-10
➕
REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1992-12-10
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1992-12-10
➕
STRETCH, James appointed
secretary
1992-12-10
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1992-12-10
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1992-12-10
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STRETCH, Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Bear Scotland Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bear Scotland Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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GROWING CONCERN SCOTLAND LTD.

This company · SC141671

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
Bear Scotland Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	10/12/2016

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

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6 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

Incorporated1992-12-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Bear House Inveralmond Road

Inveralmond Industrial Estate

Perth

Perthshire

PH1 3TW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

BROWN, Martine Sandra→

secretary · appointed 2016-11-17

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Active

BROWN, Martine Sandra→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-11-17

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Active

THOMPSON, Andrew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2026-04-01

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-12-10 · resigned 1992-12-10

Resigned

SMITH, Ian Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2016-06-13

Resigned

STRETCH, James→

secretary · appointed 1992-12-10 · resigned 2008-10-01

Resigned

GORDON, Brian James→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-11-17 · resigned 2017-04-10

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-12-10 · resigned 1992-12-10

Resigned

MURRAY, Iain William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2017-10-02 · resigned 2026-04-01

Resigned

SMITH, Ian Patrick→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2016-06-13

Resigned

STRETCH, Michael→

director · ~69y · appointed 1992-12-10 · resigned 2008-10-01

Resigned

TAYLOR, William→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-01-28 · resigned 2016-10-22

Resigned

TAYLOR, William→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2016-01-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited	Floating charge	1 property	26/05/2003	08/10/2008
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	21/05/2000	—

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Recent filings (108 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-09

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-09