SCOTNET.CO.UK LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC212981 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Wired telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 61200Wireless telecommunications activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
91 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-01-18
    ➖
    JARDINE, Mary Paterson resigned
    director
  13. 2016-01-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2015-11-23
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-12-10
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2008-05-16
    ➖
    MCINNES, Stephen Thomas, Dr resigned
    director
  19. 2005-08-04
    ➕
    JARDINE, Mary Paterson appointed
    director
  20. 2004-12-20
    ➖
    FRANCIS, Timothy John resigned
    director
  21. 2004-11-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2002-09-02
    ➕
    MALONE, Jon Ross, Dr appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-09-02
    ➖
    FINANCIAL TACTICS ACCOUNTANTS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    GLENDINNING, Stuart John appointed
    director
  25. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Timothy John appointed
    director
  26. 2001-02-09
    ➕
    MAOILEOIN, Iain Ros, An-T appointed
    director
  27. 2001-02-09
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Kelly Anne resigned
    nominee-director
  28. 2001-02-09
    ➖
    LESLIE, Anne Catriona resigned
    nominee-director
  29. 2001-02-09
    ➕
    MCINNES, Stephen Thomas, Dr appointed
    director
  30. 2000-11-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCOTNET.CO.UK LTD.
  31. 2000-11-20
    ➕
    FINANCIAL TACTICS ACCOUNTANTS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2000-11-20
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Kelly Anne appointed
    nominee-director
  33. 2000-11-20
    ➕
    LESLIE, Anne Catriona appointed
    nominee-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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Iain Ros Maoileoin
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Technology · IV postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
NU COTON LTD→
SC590101 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————8y——
PATCONIAN PRODUCTIONS LTD→
SC662066 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
RURAL COMMUNICATIONS LTD→
SC669948 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
SABERGRIFF LTD→
SC862555 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
SCAN YER VAN LTD→
SC858856 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
SCOTIA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LTD→
SC333076 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
————18y——
SELKIES HOUSE LIMITED→
SC748678 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
SFG MENTORNET LTD→
SC712421 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
SJN CONSULTANTS LTD.→
SC230487 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
SKYE & LOCHALSH CITIZEN'S ADVICE BUREAU→
SC229160 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————24y——
SKYE FILMS LTD→
SC704815 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
SLACKBUIE CONSULTANCY LTD→
SC658664 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61100 — Wired telecommunications activities

Registered office

Scotnet Operations Bunker
Mackintosh Road
Inverness
IV2 3TX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MALONE, Jon Ross, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLENDINNING, Stuart John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAOILEOIN, Iain Ros, An-T→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINANCIAL TACTICS ACCOUNTANTS LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-20 · resigned 2002-09-02
Resigned
FRANCIS, Timothy John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2004-12-20
Resigned
JARDINE, Mary Paterson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-08-04 · resigned 2016-01-18
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Kelly Anne→
nominee-director · ~45y · appointed 2000-11-20 · resigned 2001-02-09
Resigned
LESLIE, Anne Catriona→
nominee-director · ~53y · appointed 2000-11-20 · resigned 2001-02-09
Resigned
MCINNES, Stephen Thomas, Dr→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-02-09 · resigned 2008-05-16
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property11/11/200410/12/2010

Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26