SCOT-TRAIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC173907 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£298.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £298,356
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£259k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£298k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£367k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£73k£147k£220k£293k£367kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£303.3k£239.5k
Current assets£366.8k£302.6k
Cash£259.1k£207.8k
Debtors£107.8k£94.8k
Net assets£298.4k£236.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-22
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  4. 2023-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  5. 2023-04-24
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    SINHA, Rajeev Kumar appointed
    director
  6. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2022-04-25
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  8. 2021-10-03
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-07-01
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    FLYNN, Terence David Gerard resigned
    director
  10. 2021-05-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-04-30
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    LARKIN, Thomas Paul resigned
    director
  12. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2019-04-11
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  15. 2018-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2017-04-13
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  17. 2016-11-08
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  18. 2016-11-08
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  19. 2016-04-30
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    CAIRNEY, Janetta Carol appointed
    secretary
  20. 2016-04-30
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    BAGGLEY, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  21. 2016-04-30
    ➖
    CAIRNEY, Janetta Carol resigned
    director
  22. 2013-01-30
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Stephen William resigned
    director
  23. 2010-03-22
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    BAGGLEY, Fiona appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-22
    ➕
    CAIRNEY, Janetta Carol appointed
    director
  25. 2010-03-22
    ➕
    FLYNN, Terence David Gerard appointed
    director
  26. 2010-03-22
    ➕
    LARKIN, Thomas Paul appointed
    director
  27. 2010-03-22
    ➕
    MOFFAT, Stephen William appointed
    director
  28. 1999-01-14
    ➖
    FLYNN, Terence David Gerard resigned
    director
  29. 1999-01-14
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Stephen William resigned
    director
  30. 1998-04-21
    ➕
    FLYNN, Terence David Gerard appointed
    director
  31. 1998-04-21
    ➕
    MOFFAT, Stephen William appointed
    director
  32. 1997-03-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCOT-TRAIN LIMITED
  33. 1997-03-27
    ➕
    NIXON, George appointed
    director
  34. 1997-03-27
    ➕
    BAGGLEY, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  35. 1997-03-27
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  36. 1997-03-27
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  37. 1997-03-27
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  38. 1997-03-27
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Scot-Train Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Scot-Train Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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SCOT-TRAIN LIMITED
This company · SC173907

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scot-Train Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

270 Petershill Road
Glasgow
G21 4AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

CAIRNEY, Janetta Carol→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAGGLEY, Fiona→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NIXON, George→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINHA, Rajeev Kumar→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAGGLEY, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 1997-03-27
Resigned
CAIRNEY, Janetta Carol→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-22 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
FLYNN, Terence David Gerard→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-03-22 · resigned 2021-07-01
Resigned
FLYNN, Terence David Gerard→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-04-21 · resigned 1999-01-14
Resigned
LARKIN, Thomas Paul→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-22 · resigned 2021-04-30
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 1997-03-27
Resigned
MOFFAT, Stephen William→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-22 · resigned 2013-01-30
Resigned
MOFFAT, Stephen William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-04-21 · resigned 1999-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08