RECOVERY SCOTLAND LTD.

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SC155475 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-01-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.4y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

56 officers (6 active, 56 linked, 52 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

184 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (129 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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officers · AP01
2026-03-02
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accounts · AA
2026-03-01
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WOOD, Robert appointed
director
2025-03-05
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officers · CH01
2025-03-05
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officers · TM02
2025-01-02
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BIDO, Narek Hagop resigned
secretary
2024-12-13
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accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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officers · TM01
2024-09-24
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LANE, Susannah resigned
director
2024-08-08
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officers · TM01
2024-07-23
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INNES, Jacqueline resigned
director
2024-05-08
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officers · TM01
2024-05-03
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ANDERSON, Susan resigned
director
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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officers · CH01
2022-11-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-23
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officers · AP01
2022-11-23
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officers · AP01
2022-11-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-17
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ANDERSON, Susan appointed
director
2022-11-17
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LANE, Susannah appointed
director
2022-11-17
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PONT, Andrew John Mcintyre resigned
director
2022-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-10
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officers · TM01
2022-09-05
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COLLISTER, Gary Thomson resigned
director
2022-09-05
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MERRICK, Alistair Donald resigned
director
2021-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-06-21
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MCINALLY, Frank appointed
director
2021-06-04
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LAMBIE, Alison Dunlop resigned
director
2020-12-07
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BELSEY, David Vaughan appointed
director
2020-12-07
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MCCHORD, William Joseph Lappin appointed
director
2020-12-07
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INNES, Jacqueline appointed
director
2020-03-31
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BIDO, Narek Hagop appointed
secretary
2020-03-31
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MOONEY, Paul Laurence resigned
secretary
2020-01-20
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DUNCAN, Margaret Primrose resigned
director
2019-10-28
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LOWE, Colette resigned
director
2019-10-28
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MCMORROW, Hazel resigned
director
2019-10-28
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MERRICK, Alistair Donald appointed
director
2019-10-28
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TAYLOR, Robert Clark resigned
director
2019-10-28
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WATSON, Isabel Margaret resigned
director
2019-09-28
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WILLIAMSON-FENTON, Russell Edwin resigned
director
2018-10-25
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NOBLE, Linda appointed
director
2018-10-25
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TAYLOR, Robert Clark appointed
director
2017-10-24
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LAMBIE, Alison Dunlop appointed
director
2017-09-21
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COLLISTER, Gary Thomson appointed
director
2017-06-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-01-31
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BATEMAN, Malcolm 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1995-01-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Vicar Street

Falkirk

Falkirk Council

FK1 1JB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03