SAIL SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC154190 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1994-11-10

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£12.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Media representation services

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (6 active, 32 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,461

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,987 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£12.5k	£16.4k
Current assets	£14.7k	£20.2k
Net assets	£12.5k	£16.4k

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

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 (76 events)Click to expand

2025-05-19
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2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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officers · AP01
2024-11-01
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ALLAN, Alison Claire appointed
director
2024-07-19
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officers · TM01
2024-07-15
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PEARSON, Hazel resigned
director
2023-10-17
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accounts · AA
2023-08-07
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officers · TM01
2023-08-07
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officers · TM01
2023-08-07
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officers · TM01
2023-08-01
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BURNS, Alasdair resigned
director
2023-08-01
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CAMERON, Mark resigned
director
2023-08-01
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WHYTE, Michael resigned
director
2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2021-11-19
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accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts · AA
2020-03-18
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WHYTE, Michael appointed
director
2020-03-18
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officers · AP01
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-09-09
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officers · AP01
2019-09-01
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PEARSON, Hazel appointed
director
2019-08-26
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ENTWISTLE, Charmian resigned
director
2019-08-26
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TAYLOR, Charles Colin Mcdonald resigned
director
2019-08-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-08
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2018-10-31
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HENDERSON, Kirsten Jane resigned
director
2017-11-01
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PORTER, Glenn Lewis appointed
director
2017-10-01
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CRADOCK, Lindsay Allison resigned
director
2017-05-01
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HENDERSON, Kirsten Jane appointed
director
2016-11-26
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CRADOCK, Lindsay Allison appointed
director
2016-11-26
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KYNOCH, Brian Douglas resigned
director
2014-01-01
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HOGAN, Jamie appointed
director
2014-01-01
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BURNS, Alasdair appointed
director
2014-01-01
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KYNOCH, Brian Douglas appointed
director
2013-04-01
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MCDONAGH, Gavin appointed
secretary
2013-03-31
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BENNET, Anthony Mark, Dr resigned
secretary
2013-03-31
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BENNET, Anthony Mark, Dr resigned
director
2012-01-01
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CAMERON, Mark appointed
director
2012-01-01
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TAYLOR, Charles Colin Mcdonald appointed
director
2011-11-10
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WARREN, Edward David resigned
director
2008-12-04
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BENNIE, Stephen Thomas appointed
director
2008-11-26
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DALTON, Kenneth Raymond resigned
director
2008-11-26
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ENTWISTLE, Charmian appointed
director
2007-11-26
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WARREN, Edward David appointed
director
2006-05-12
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MCDONAGH, Gavin appointed
director
2006-03-14
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MACDOUGALL, Calum Michael resigned
director
2006-01-30
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BENNET, Anthony Mark, Dr appointed
secretary
2006-01-30
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MACDOUGALL, Calum Michael resigned
secretary
2006-01-30
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LATIMER, Martin Robert resigned
director

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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 20 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 20 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1994-11-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC73120 — Media representation services

Registered office

Caley Marina

Canal Road

Inverness

IV3 8NF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-25

Last: 2025-11-11