ADD ONE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC211286 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-25

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£522

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £522

Net assets shrinking

Down £805 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£522

↓ 61% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 62% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£522	£1.3k
Current assets	£1.2k	£3.3k
Net assets	£522	£1.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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DAVIDSON, James Dickie resigned
secretary
2026-01-22
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2025-11-24
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2024-12-27
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2023-12-16
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2023-05-20
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2022-05-22
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2021-05-20
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2020-05-22
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2019-01-06
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2018-06-09
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accounts · AA
2017-06-03
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accounts · AA
2016-06-25
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accounts · AA
2015-09-29
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2015-06-28
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accounts · AA
2014-09-27
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annual-return · AR01
2006-09-04
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DAVIDSON, Linda Agnes appointed
director
2006-09-04
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DAVIDSON, Annette Donaldson resigned
director
2000-09-25
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Company incorporated
As ADD ONE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2000-09-25
➕
DAVIDSON, James Dickie appointed
director
2000-09-25
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DAVIDSON, James Dickie appointed
secretary
2000-09-25
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-25
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-25
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DAVIDSON, Annette Donaldson appointed
director
2000-09-25
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-25
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 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 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Dickie Davidson Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

4 The Grange

Perceton

Irvine

Ayrshire

KA11 2EU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DAVIDSON, James Dickie→

director · ~71y · appointed 2000-09-25

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Active

DAVIDSON, Linda Agnes→

director · ~78y · appointed 2006-09-04

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Active

DAVIDSON, James Dickie→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2026-01-22

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2000-09-25

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Annette Donaldson→

director · ~74y · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2006-09-04

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2000-09-25

Resigned

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