ANTA SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC156285 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-01
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 30.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 23490SIC 23490
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.9y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Average employees22002000

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-06-30
    ➖
    BANNERMAN, Claire Burgess resigned
    director
  5. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-24
    ➕
    STEWART, Lachlan Alastair appointed
    secretary
  7. 2023-10-24
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-27
    ➕
    BANNERMAN, Claire Burgess appointed
    director
  10. 2023-01-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-07-26
    ➕
    MACKAY, Yvonne appointed
    director
  12. 2022-07-26
    ➕
    STEWART MOORE, Stella Isabella appointed
    director
  13. 2022-07-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-07-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-07-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-03-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2018-03-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  23. 2018-03-21
    ➖
    STEWART, Lachlan Alastair resigned
    secretary
  24. 2018-03-21
    ➖
    STEWART, Lachlan Alastair resigned
    director
  25. 2016-03-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2015-11-05
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2014-09-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 2014-09-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 1995-11-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  30. 1995-05-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  31. 1995-03-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANTA SCOTLAND LIMITED
  32. 1995-03-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Stella Anne appointed
    director
  33. 1995-03-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Lachlan Alastair appointed
    secretary
  34. 1995-03-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1995-03-01
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1995-03-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Lachlan Alastair appointed
    director
  37. 1995-03-01
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1995-03-01
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Stella Anne Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/03/2017
Mr Lachlan Alistair Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/03/2017

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
Incorporated1995-03-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC13990 — SIC 13990

Registered office

Anta
Fearn
Tain
Ross-Shire
IV20 1XW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

STEWART, Lachlan Alastair→
secretary · appointed 2023-10-24
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Active
MACKAY, Yvonne→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-07-26
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Active
STEWART, Stella Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 1995-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART MOORE, Stella Isabella→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Lachlan Alastair→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 2018-03-21
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1995-03-01
Resigned
BANNERMAN, Claire Burgess→
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-01-27 · resigned 2024-06-30
Resigned
STEWART, Lachlan Alastair→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 2018-03-21
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1995-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/03/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/11/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property20/11/199503/09/2014
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property30/05/199503/09/2014
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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29