THE SCOTLAND TOURS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC173779 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-24
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 25.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 25.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
83 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.

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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees1000800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
    ➕
    WATSON, Zahra Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  2. 2026-04-20
    ➖
    POOK, Carole Sheena resigned
    secretary
  3. 2026-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-04-20
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2026-04-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-10-08
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  7. 2025-06-20
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  8. 2025-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2025-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-02-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2024-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2023-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-12-01
    ➕
    WATSON, Angus appointed
    director
  16. 2023-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2015-03-21
    ➖
    ROBINSON, George Noble resigned
    director
  23. 2003-12-01
    ➖
    MCKEOWN, Andrew James resigned
    director
  24. 2003-11-27
    ➖
    BROWN, Matthew James Arnold resigned
    director
  25. 2000-11-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 1997-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Matthew James Arnold appointed
    director
  27. 1997-12-01
    ➕
    MCKEOWN, Andrew James appointed
    director
  28. 1997-12-01
    ➕
    ROBINSON, George Noble appointed
    director
  29. 1997-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE SCOTLAND TOURS COMPANY LIMITED
  30. 1997-03-24
    ➕
    POOK, Carole Sheena appointed
    director
  31. 1997-03-24
    ➕
    POOK, Ronald John appointed
    director
  32. 1997-03-24
    ➕
    POOK, Carole Sheena appointed
    secretary
  33. 1997-03-24
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1997-03-24
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  35. 1997-03-24
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  36. 1997-03-24
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 29 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronald John Pook
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest01/03/2017
Mrs Carole Sheena Pook
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/04/2025
Mr Angus Watson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/03/2024

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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
Incorporated1997-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

7 Lady Foulis Road
Foodieash
Cupar
KY15 4FA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-29
Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

WATSON, Zahra Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2026-04-20
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Active
POOK, Carole Sheena→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOK, Ronald John→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Angus→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOK, Carole Sheena→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-24 · resigned 2026-04-20
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-24 · resigned 1997-03-24
Resigned
BROWN, Matthew James Arnold→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-12-01 · resigned 2003-11-27
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-03-24 · resigned 1997-03-24
Resigned
MCKEOWN, Andrew James→
director · ~75y · appointed 1997-12-01 · resigned 2003-12-01
Resigned
ROBINSON, George Noble→
director · ~81y · appointed 1997-12-01 · resigned 2015-03-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property17/11/200013/02/2024

Recent filings (83 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-04-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-20
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-10-08
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16