AVENUE SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC147452 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£87.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 31.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.6 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
104 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £87,789
Net assets shrinking
Down £72,324 YoY
Cash YoY
+497%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£40k
↑ 497% YoY
Net Worth
£88k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£220k£440k£660k£880k£1.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£100.5k£183.5k
Current assets£1.10M£1.05M
Cash£39.9k£6.7k
Debtors£1.06M£1.04M
Net assets£87.8k£160.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
8
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
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  7. 2026-03-03
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  8. 2025-09-30
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  9. 2024-11-22
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  10. 2023-09-28
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  11. 2022-09-28
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  12. 2021-09-29
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  13. 2020-12-08
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  14. 2019-09-30
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  15. 2018-09-28
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  16. 2006-05-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  17. 2002-03-14
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    CREYF, Herman Peter Rosa resigned
    director
  18. 2002-03-01
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    CAMPBELL, Rona appointed
    director
  19. 1999-08-31
    ➖
    QUINN, Michael Anthony resigned
    director
  20. 1995-07-01
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    CAMPBELL, Ian Menzies appointed
    secretary
  21. 1995-07-01
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    CREYF, Kenneth Phillip Michael David resigned
    director
  22. 1994-09-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1994-02-23
    ➖
    CREYF, Kenneth Phillip Michael David resigned
    secretary
  24. 1994-02-23
    ➕
    CREYF, Herman Peter Rosa appointed
    director
  25. 1994-02-23
    ➕
    QUINN, Michael Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 1993-12-17
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Ian Menzies appointed
    director
  27. 1993-12-17
    ➕
    CREYF, Kenneth Phillip Michael David appointed
    secretary
  28. 1993-12-17
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1993-12-17
    ➕
    CREYF, Kenneth Phillip Michael David appointed
    director
  30. 1993-12-17
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1993-12-17
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1993-11-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENUE SCOTLAND LIMITED
  33. 1993-11-10
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1993-11-10
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1993-11-10
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Menzies Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Rona Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
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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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
Incorporated1993-11-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

18a Dickson Street
Elgin Industrial Estate
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7SL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Ian Menzies→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-01
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Active
CAMPBELL, Ian Menzies→
director · ~73y · appointed 1993-12-17
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Active
CAMPBELL, Rona→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-03-01
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Active
CREYF, Kenneth Phillip Michael David→
secretary · appointed 1993-12-17 · resigned 1994-02-23
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-11-10 · resigned 1993-12-17
Resigned
CREYF, Herman Peter Rosa→
director · ~92y · appointed 1994-02-23 · resigned 2002-03-14
Resigned
CREYF, Kenneth Phillip Michael David→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-12-17 · resigned 1995-07-01
Resigned
QUINN, Michael Anthony→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-02-23 · resigned 1999-08-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-11-10 · resigned 1993-12-17
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-11-10 · resigned 1993-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property11/05/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property16/09/1994—
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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
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accounts · AA
2024-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
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accounts · AA
2022-09-28