CONTRACT SCOTLAND LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC190122 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 27.1y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £622,209

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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£622.2k£462.1k
Average employees607100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-29
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  3. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  4. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-11
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  6. 2022-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-05-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-05-11
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  11. 2022-05-11
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    capital · SH08
  12. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2021-03-04
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-03-04
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-03-04
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-03-01
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    FLEMING, Julie Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2021-03-01
    ➕
    SHAVE, Alan Malcolm appointed
    director
  20. 2021-03-01
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    WOODWARD, Colin Alan resigned
    director
  21. 2021-03-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2021-02-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
  23. 2021-01-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  24. 2021-01-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-05-14
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    MARRIOTT, Emma Carol resigned
    director
  27. 2014-09-05
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 2009-09-01
    ➕
    TONER, John-Paul appointed
    director
  29. 2008-06-02
    ➕
    MARRIOTT, Emma Carol appointed
    director
  30. 1999-05-12
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, Anne Marie appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-05-12
    ➖
    KERR STIRLING LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1999-04-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 1999-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Griffin Credit Services Limited
  34. 1998-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTRACT SCOTLAND LIMITED
  35. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    TRAINER, Diane appointed
    nominee-secretary
  36. 1998-10-12
    ➖
    TRAINER, Diane resigned
    nominee-secretary
  37. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    KERR STIRLING LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  38. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  39. 1998-10-12
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  40. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  41. 1998-10-12
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-director
  42. 1998-10-12
    ➕
    WOODWARD, Colin Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

60/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Contract Scotland Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Contract Scotland Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CONTRACT SCOTLAND LIMITED
This company · SC190122

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
Contract Scotland Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Colin Alan Woodwardceased 01/03/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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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6 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
Incorporated1998-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Scotia House
Castle Business Park
Stirling
Stirlingshire
FK9 4TZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

FOTHERINGHAM, Anne Marie→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLEMING, Julie Anne→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAVE, Alan Malcolm→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TONER, John-Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Diane→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1998-10-12
Resigned
KERR STIRLING LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1999-05-12
Resigned
MARRIOTT, Emma Carol→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-06-02 · resigned 2019-05-14
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1998-10-12
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1998-10-12
Resigned
WOODWARD, Colin Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 2021-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
A registered charge—15/02/2021—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property14/04/199905/09/2014
satisfied
Griffin Credit Services
Griffin Credit Services Limited
Floating charge1 property01/04/199920/01/2021
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Recent filings (120 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-23
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incorporation · MA
2022-05-11
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-11
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capital · SH10
2022-05-11
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capital · SH08
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