SIGN SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC201673 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
65 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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees800900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-01-04
    ➕
    NIKOLIC, Sean appointed
    director
  6. 2023-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-12-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-07-01
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    NIKOLIC, Colin resigned
    director
  11. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 1999-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As SIGN SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  19. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    NIKOLIC, June appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    NIKOLIC, June appointed
    director
  21. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-11-18
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    NIKOLIC, Colin appointed
    director
  24. 1999-11-18
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-11-18
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — NIKOLIC, Sean (same surname) appointed 2024-01-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs June Nikolic
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest01/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Colin Nikolicceased 01/07/2022· significant influence

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
Incorporated1999-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit E
Newark Road South
Glenrothes
KY7 4NS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

NIKOLIC, June→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-18
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Active
NIKOLIC, June→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-11-18
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Active
NIKOLIC, Sean→
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-18 · resigned 1999-11-18
Resigned
NIKOLIC, Colin→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-11-18 · resigned 2022-07-01
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-18 · resigned 1999-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20