SCOTMORE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC201301 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-04
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£481.8k
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 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
100 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 £481,840
Net assets shrinking
Down £198,513 YoY
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£482k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£136k£272k£408k£544k£680kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£481.8k£680.4k
Current assets£77.9k£103.1k
Cash£71.6k£84.9k
Debtors£6.3k£18.2k
Net assets£481.8k£680.4k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-08-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-07-31
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    CROZIER, Cameron appointed
    director
  4. 2025-07-31
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    CROZIER, Emily Louise Philp appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2024-05-24
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  7. 2023-06-02
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  8. 2022-08-22
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  9. 2021-09-14
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  10. 2020-11-27
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  11. 2019-08-23
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  12. 2018-06-29
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  13. 2017-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2017-09-07
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  15. 2017-06-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-05-02
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    address · AD01
  17. 2016-09-21
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    officers · TM02
  18. 2016-09-12
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-06
    ➖
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-11-09
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-11-09
    ➖
    HBJGW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-12-15
    ➖
    HBJ GATELEY WAREING (SCOTLAND) LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-12-15
    ➕
    HBJGW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-09-24
    ➖
    BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-09-24
    ➕
    HBJ GATELEY WAREING (SCOTLAND) LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    CROZIER, Wendy Louise appointed
    director
  27. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    PHILP, Ian appointed
    director
  28. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    PHILP, Iris Anastasia appointed
    director
  29. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-11-17
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-11-17
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1999-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTMORE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  33. 1999-11-04
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1999-11-04
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Wendy Louise Crozier
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-11-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

213 St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5QY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

CROZIER, Cameron→
director · ~34y · appointed 2025-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROZIER, Emily Louise Philp→
director · ~29y · appointed 2025-07-31
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Active
CROZIER, Wendy Louise→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-11-17
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Active
PHILP, Ian→
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-11-17
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Active
PHILP, Iris Anastasia→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2008-09-24
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-04 · resigned 1999-11-17
Resigned
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-09 · resigned 2016-09-06
Resigned
HBJ GATELEY WAREING (SCOTLAND) LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-24 · resigned 2008-12-15
Resigned
HBJGW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-15 · resigned 2010-11-09
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-04 · resigned 1999-11-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

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officers · AP01
2025-08-14
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officers · AP01
2025-08-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
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accounts · AA
2025-06-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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2023-06-30
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accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
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2021-09-14
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2021-07-02
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2020-11-27
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2020-07-03
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accounts · AA
2019-08-23