SYSTEMS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC222257 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-16

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wired telecommunications activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

61900Other telecommunications activities
62020Information technology consultancy activities
62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 4 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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-05-23
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2024-05-16
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2023-04-21
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2022-05-31
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2021-05-21
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2020-08-04
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2019-05-23
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accounts · AA
2018-02-22
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accounts · AA
2016-11-21
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address · AD03
2016-11-19
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address · AD02
2016-11-19
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address · AD01
2016-11-15
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accounts · AA
2016-11-09
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officers · AP01
2016-10-28
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MCCOID, Linda appointed
director
2016-08-22
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MCCOID, Anthony Brian resigned
secretary
2016-08-22
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GORDON, Alan Douglas resigned
director
2016-08-22
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officers · TM01
2016-08-22
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officers · TM02
2001-08-16
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Company incorporated
As SYSTEMS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2001-08-16
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MCCOID, Anthony Brian appointed
director
2001-08-16
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MCCOID, Anthony Brian appointed
secretary
2001-08-16
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-16
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-16
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GORDON, Alan Douglas appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Brian Mccoid Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/08/2016

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

Incorporated2001-08-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC61100 — Wired telecommunications activities

Registered office

Westgate House

Seedhill

Paisley

PA1 1JE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-25

Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCOID, Anthony Brian→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-08-16

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Active

MCCOID, Linda→

director · ~64y · appointed 2016-10-28

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Active

MCCOID, Anthony Brian→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2016-08-22

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-08-16

Resigned

GORDON, Alan Douglas→

director · ~57y · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2016-08-22

Resigned

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