FRONTIER SCIENCE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC220936 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-07-05

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (8 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-06-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-27
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BIANKIN, Andrew, Professor appointed
director
2025-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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officers · TM01
2024-06-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-13
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BAILIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret, Dr resigned
director
2024-06-13
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MCFADDEN, Eleanor Thomson resigned
director
2024-02-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-18
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MACLEOD, Heather Elizabeth Catherine appointed
director
2024-01-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-22
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SCHELTER, Bjorn Olaf, Dr appointed
director
2023-11-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
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SMART, Debbie appointed
director
2023-08-10
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DALY, Fergus Scott, Dr resigned
director
2023-08-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-30
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GIBSON, Darren, Dr appointed
director
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-03
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DALY, Fergus Scott, Dr appointed
director
2014-11-15
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ZELEN, Marvin, Professor resigned
director
2013-04-13
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BAILIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret, Dr appointed
director
2010-01-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-09-08
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MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-09-08
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MACROBERTS - (FIRM) resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-08-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-09-01
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ROBERTSON, Charles Christopher, Professor appointed
director
2003-08-31
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FORREST, Andrew Patrick Mcewen, Professor Sir resigned
director
2002-09-01
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FORREST, Andrew Patrick Mcewen, Professor Sir appointed
director
2001-07-05
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Company incorporated
As FRONTIER SCIENCE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2001-07-05
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GELBER, Richard David, Professor appointed
director
2001-07-05
➕
MACROBERTS - (FIRM) appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-07-05
➕
MCFADDEN, Eleanor Thomson appointed
director
2001-07-05
➕
ZELEN, Marvin, Professor appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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.)

Group structure

Frontier Science And Technology Research Foundation Inc holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Frontier Science And Technology Research Foundation Inc

Corporate parent · board control

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FRONTIER SCIENCE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

This company · SC220936

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Frontier Science And Technology Research Foundation Inc Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Professor Charles Christopher Robertsonceased 03/12/2018· 25-50% voting · trust interest
Dr Karen Elizabeth Margaret Bailieceased 03/12/2018· 25-50% voting · trust interest
Professor Richard David Gelberceased 03/12/2018· 25-50% voting · trust interest
Ms Eleanor Thomson Mcfaddenceased 03/12/2018· 25-50% voting · significant influence · trust interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-07-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Grampian View

Kincraig

Kingussie

Inverness-Shire

PH21 1NA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05