DAVID SCOTT (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC168837 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-07

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 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£202.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Funeral and related activities

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £202,053

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£202k

Current Assets

£206k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£238.2k	—
Current assets	£205.7k	—
Net assets	£202.1k	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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address · AD01
2026-03-10
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address · AD01
2026-03-10
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address · AD01
2025-01-30
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2024-02-15
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2023-02-20
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2022-02-28
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2021-03-03
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2020-01-30
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2019-01-23
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2018-08-22
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2018-02-19
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2017-10-12
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2017-01-20
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accounts · AA
2016-02-05
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officers · AP01
2016-02-01
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BRUCE, Michelle Jane appointed
director
2016-02-01
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MACKAY, Martin William appointed
director
2010-05-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-04-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-04-15
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SCOTT, Margaret Corner resigned
director
2005-04-14
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MACKAY, Margot Jane Mary appointed
director
2005-04-14
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MACKAY, William appointed
director
2005-04-13
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NICOLL, Rosemary Ann Gravatt resigned
director
2005-04-13
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WILSON, Patrick Collinge Gravatt resigned
director
2005-03-31
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MACKAY, Margot Jane Mary appointed
secretary
2005-03-31
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SCOTT, Margaret Corner resigned
secretary
2002-09-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1996-10-16
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NICOLL, Rosemary Ann Gravatt appointed
director
1996-10-16
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SCOTT, Margaret Corner appointed
director
1996-10-07
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Company incorporated
As DAVID SCOTT (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED
1996-10-07
➕
SCOTT, Margaret Corner appointed
secretary
1996-10-07
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-07
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-07
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WILSON, Patrick Collinge Gravatt appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Mackay Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Margot Jane Mary Mackay Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-10-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

78-84 Bell St

Dundee

DD1 1RQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

MACKAY, Margot Jane Mary→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-31

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Active

BRUCE, Michelle Jane→

director · ~35y · appointed 2016-02-01

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Active

MACKAY, Margot Jane Mary→

director · ~64y · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

MACKAY, Martin William→

director · ~38y · appointed 2016-02-01

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Active

MACKAY, William→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

SCOTT, Margaret Corner→

secretary · appointed 1996-10-07 · resigned 2005-03-31

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-07 · resigned 1996-10-07

Resigned

NICOLL, Rosemary Ann Gravatt→

director · ~69y · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 2005-04-13

Resigned

SCOTT, Margaret Corner→

director · ~98y · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 2005-04-15

Resigned

WILSON, Patrick Collinge Gravatt→

director · ~95y · appointed 1996-10-07 · resigned 2005-04-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	05/05/2010	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	20/09/2002	28/04/2010

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Recent filings (85 total)

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address · AD01

2026-03-12

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address · AD01

2026-03-10

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address · AD01

2026-03-10