ANDERSON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222040 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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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£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£508
Current assets—£25.2k
Net assets—£508

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-09-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
  17. 2001-08-09
    ➕
    ARMITAGE, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-08-09
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Robert Mckinvin appointed
    director
  19. 2001-08-09
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    ARMITAGE, Elaine appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-08-09
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-08-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-08-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Elaine Armitage
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/08/2016
Mr Robert Mckinvin Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Luzon House
Main Road, Cardross
Dumbartonshire
G82 5PX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ARMITAGE, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Robert Mckinvin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-08-09
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Active
ARMITAGE, Elaine→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2001-08-09
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2001-08-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19