LETTING-IN-SCOTLAND LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC231382 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-10

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2024

Net worth

£196.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £196,524

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£197k

Current Assets

£140k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-05-31
Total assets	£196.5k
Current assets	£140.3k
Net assets	£196.5k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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ROSS, Linda appointed
director
2025-10-31
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2025-07-18
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2024-06-06
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2023-07-07
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2022-07-04
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2021-06-17
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2020-09-03
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2019-06-04
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2018-07-14
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2017-06-13
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2016-06-23
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2016-06-15
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2016-05-15
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2015-07-17
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2015-05-10
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2014-07-03
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2002-05-10
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Company incorporated
As LETTING-IN-SCOTLAND LTD.
2002-05-10
➕
ROSS, Linda appointed
secretary
2002-05-10
➕
ROSS, William Alexander appointed
director
2002-05-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2002-05-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-05-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 69. 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 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Alexander Ross Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Ross Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2002-05-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

9 Swanston Avenue

Inverness

IV3 8QN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-24

Last: 2025-05-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROSS, Linda→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-10

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Active

ROSS, Linda→

director · ~68y · appointed 2025-10-31

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Active

ROSS, William Alexander→

director · ~69y · appointed 2002-05-10

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2002-05-10

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2002-05-10

Resigned

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