SCALPAIGH LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC147746 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2023
Net worth
£260.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
80 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £260,529

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£261k
Current Assets
£86k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2023-12-31
Total assets£260.5k
Current assets£86.4k
Net assets£260.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-05-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-02-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-02
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  13. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-09-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2017-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 1993-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCALPAIGH LTD.
  18. 1993-11-29
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Roderick appointed
    secretary
  19. 1993-11-29
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Christine Erica appointed
    director
  20. 1993-11-29
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Roderick appointed
    director
  21. 1993-11-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-11-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1993-11-29
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1993-11-29
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Christine Erica Cunningham
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Roderick Cunningham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2016

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
Incorporated1993-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

26 Lewis Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CUNNINGHAM, Roderick→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUNNINGHAM, Christine Erica→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUNNINGHAM, Roderick→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-11-29 · resigned 1993-11-29
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-11-29 · resigned 1993-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09