ALGO (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC166057 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£5.05M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

4 live charges · oldest 15.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
82 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 £5,045,093
Cash YoY
+138%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.3m
↑ 138% YoY
Net Worth
£5.0m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£14m
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2.7m£5.4m£8.1m£11m£14mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£6.23M£5.22M
Current assets£13.52M£13.11M
Cash£2.32M£973.2k
Debtors£9.65M£10.60M
Net assets£5.05M£4.06M

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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  2. 2024-10-23
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  3. 2024-03-29
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  4. 2023-10-31
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  5. 2023-10-31
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  6. 2023-10-27
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    FARMER, Alexander Adamson resigned
    director
  7. 2023-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  8. 2022-11-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
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  9. 2022-11-15
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  10. 2022-03-31
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  11. 2021-06-16
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  12. 2021-06-16
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  13. 2021-03-24
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  14. 2020-11-24
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  15. 2020-03-09
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  16. 2020-03-06
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  17. 2020-03-05
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2020-02-18
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  19. 2020-02-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2019-03-19
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  21. 2017-12-21
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  22. 2014-04-01
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    ALEXANDER, Pauline Elizabeth resigned
    director
  23. 2011-10-28
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    FARMER, Alexander Adamson appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2010-09-01
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    ALEXANDER, Pauline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  26. 1996-06-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALGO (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED
  27. 1996-06-03
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Christina Paterson appointed
    secretary
  28. 1996-06-03
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Charles Murray appointed
    director
  29. 1996-06-03
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Christina Paterson appointed
    director
  30. 1996-06-03
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Peter appointed
    director
  31. 1996-06-03
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1996-06-03
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1996-06-03
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1996-06-03
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1996-06-03
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1996-06-03
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Murray Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Alexanderceased 12/11/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 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
Incorporated1996-06-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Algo Business Centre
Glenearn Road
Perth
PH2 0NJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Christina Paterson→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-03
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Active
ALEXANDER, Charles Murray→
director · ~56y · appointed 1996-06-03
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Active
ALEXANDER, Christina Paterson→
director · ~85y · appointed 1996-06-03
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Active
ALEXANDER, Peter→
director · ~82y · appointed 1996-06-03
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-03 · resigned 1996-06-03
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Pauline Elizabeth→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
FARMER, Alexander Adamson→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-10-28 · resigned 2023-10-27
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-03 · resigned 1996-06-03
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-03 · resigned 1996-06-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property15/11/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property05/03/2020—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property14/02/2020—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property16/05/2011—
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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-16