INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC186651 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-10
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
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
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees4400

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-01-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-12-31
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    KEDDIE, Norman Mcdonald Sharp resigned
    director
  7. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-03-01
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    KEDDIE, Norman Mcdonald Sharp appointed
    director
  12. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-06-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2001-03-30
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    LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-03-30
    ➕
    LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang appointed
    director
  21. 2001-03-30
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    FERGUSON, Gordon resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-03-30
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    FERGUSON, Gordon resigned
    director
  23. 1998-07-09
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    MATHIE, Ian Thomas appointed
    director
  24. 1998-07-09
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-07-09
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-07-09
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    FERGUSON, Gordon appointed
    director
  27. 1998-07-09
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1998-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  29. 1998-06-10
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-06-10
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Ian Thomas Mathie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

54-58 Brandon Parade East
Motherwell
ML1 1LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATHIE, Ian Thomas→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-09 · resigned 2001-03-30
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-10 · resigned 1998-07-09
Resigned
FERGUSON, Gordon→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-07-09 · resigned 2001-03-30
Resigned
KEDDIE, Norman Mcdonald Sharp→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-03-01 · resigned 2023-12-31
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-10 · resigned 1998-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-24