SCOTHOSTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC208736 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-03
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£8.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,816
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,023 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9k
↓ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 2477% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£15k£23k£30k£38kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£8.8k£29.5k
Current assets£24.6k£955
Net assets£8.8k£37.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-26
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  4. 2023-04-19
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  5. 2022-09-06
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  6. 2022-04-28
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  7. 2021-04-28
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  8. 2020-04-03
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  9. 2020-01-15
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  10. 2019-04-18
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  11. 2018-04-16
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  12. 2017-07-05
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  13. 2017-07-05
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  14. 2017-04-28
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  15. 2016-09-26
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  16. 2016-07-26
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  17. 2014-02-27
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    HOPCROFT, Greig appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-02-27
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    CLARKE, Michael John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-02-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2002-02-11
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    CLARKE, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-02-11
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    STIRLING, Alan John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-02-11
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    STIRLING, Alan John resigned
    director
  23. 2000-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTHOSTS LIMITED
  24. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    CLARKE, Michael John appointed
    director
  25. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    GIBBS, Edward Neil appointed
    director
  26. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    STIRLING, Alan John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-07-03
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    STIRLING, Alan John appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Neil Gibbs
Individual · English · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/08/2016
Mr Michael John Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

3 St Davids Business Park
Dalgety Bay
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 9PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HOPCROFT, Greig→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Michael John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBBS, Edward Neil→
director · ~50y · appointed 2000-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2014-02-27
Resigned
STIRLING, Alan John→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2000-07-03
Resigned
STIRLING, Alan John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property25/02/2002—
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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-01-15