MILLER & CO. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC143600 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
134 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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £81,154

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Profit before tax£81.2k£55.5k
Average employees4400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  4. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-07
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  8. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  9. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  10. 2017-10-10
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  11. 2016-10-24
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  12. 2016-04-06
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  13. 2015-10-09
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  14. 2015-04-01
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  15. 2014-10-09
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  16. 2006-08-01
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    MILLER, Denis John resigned
    director
  17. 2006-02-01
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    MACKINNON, Roderick Duncan appointed
    director
  18. 2005-04-22
    ➕
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-04-22
    ➖
    1924 NOMINEES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2001-12-31
    ➕
    1924 NOMINEES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2001-12-31
    ➖
    CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2000-09-01
    ➕
    CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2000-09-01
    ➖
    THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1994-12-31
    ➖
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1994-12-31
    ➕
    THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1993-06-30
    ➕
    MILLER, Peter John appointed
    director
  27. 1993-06-30
    ➕
    MILLER, Denis John appointed
    director
  28. 1993-06-30
    ➖
    BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  29. 1993-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As MILLER & CO. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  30. 1993-03-30
    ➕
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1993-03-30
    ➕
    BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 "MILLER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter John Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated1993-03-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Miller & Co Investment Managers
14 Queens Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4ZT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKINNON, Roderick Duncan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Peter John→
director · ~58y · appointed 1993-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
1924 NOMINEES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-12-31 · resigned 2005-04-22
Resigned
CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2001-12-31
Resigned
JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-03-30 · resigned 1994-12-31
Resigned
THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1994-12-31 · resigned 2000-09-01
Resigned
MILLER, Denis John→
director · ~96y · appointed 1993-06-30 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1993-03-30 · resigned 1993-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (134 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-11