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SC241124 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-12-13

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

31 officers (9 active, 31 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

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2025-11-01
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ANGUS, Ronald Thomas Alexander appointed
director
2025-11-01
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CASTLE, John Mark appointed
director
2025-11-01
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SHANKLAND, Matthew appointed
director
2025-11-01
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WARD, Angus Robert appointed
director
2025-07-01
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accounts · AA
2024-07-08
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2023-07-17
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officers · TM01
2023-07-17
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officers · TM02
2023-07-17
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officers · TM01
2023-06-15
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2023-06-02
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STURROCK, David Percival resigned
secretary
2023-06-02
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GILLIE, John David resigned
director
2023-06-02
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STURROCK, David Percival resigned
director
2022-08-09
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officers · TM01
2022-07-28
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accounts · AA
2022-07-25
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2022-06-01
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EDLMANN, Richard Hugh resigned
director
2022-01-07
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GILLIE, John David appointed
director
2021-07-05
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accounts · AA
2020-07-15
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2019-12-12
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2019-12-12
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2019-12-12
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2019-11-01
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HERBERTS, Andrew John David appointed
director
2019-11-01
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TWEEDIE, Jonathan Gordon resigned
director
2019-06-14
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ALSTEAD, Francis Allan Littlejohns resigned
director
2017-01-04
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HORSBURGH, Adam Grant, Major appointed
director
2014-05-23
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JACKSON, Andrew Conway resigned
director
2013-11-11
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COMBE, Russell Stewart appointed
director
2012-07-27
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EDLMANN, Richard Hugh appointed
director
2011-07-30
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LOUDON, Angus John, Colonel appointed
director
2011-07-30
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COOPER, John resigned
director
2011-07-30
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STURROCK, David Percival appointed
director
2011-05-24
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MACKAY, Andrew Douglas resigned
director
2011-05-24
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SANDERSON, Charles Russell, Lord resigned
director
2010-05-12
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HOGG, Colin Grant Ogilvie, Lt.Col. appointed
director
2010-05-12
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TWEEDIE, Jonathan Gordon appointed
director
2006-12-01
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AITKIN, John resigned
director
2006-12-01
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BRUCE, William resigned
director
2006-12-01
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DALKEITH, Richard Walter John, Earl Of resigned
director
2006-12-01
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FAIRWEATHER, Clive Bruce, Colonel resigned
director
2006-12-01
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JACKSON, Andrew Conway appointed
director
2006-12-01
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JEFFERIES, Robert, Lt Col resigned
director
2006-12-01
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MACKAY, Andrew Douglas appointed
director
2006-12-01
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PURVES, William, Sir resigned
director
2006-12-01
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STEEL, David Martin Scott, Rt Hon Lord Steel Of Aikwood resigned
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-12-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

8 St Ann's Place

Haddington

East Lothian

Scotland

EH41 4BS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14