MORTGAGES & FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR ALL (SCOTLAND) LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC241899 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-06-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-25
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  7. 2023-01-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-01-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-01-24
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-01-24
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-01-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2023-01-24
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-01-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2022-12-14
    DALZELL, Paul Irvine appointed
    director
  15. 2022-12-14
    DAVIDSON, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  16. 2022-12-14
    DAVIDSON, Alan Cameron resigned
    director
  17. 2022-12-14
    DAVIDSON, Fiona resigned
    director
  18. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-01-22
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  22. 2020-01-22
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  23. 2003-01-08
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    Company incorporated
    As MORTGAGES & FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR ALL (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  24. 2003-01-08
    DAVIDSON, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-01-08
    DAVIDSON, Alan Cameron appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-08
    DAVIDSON, Fiona appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Milecross Financial (Scotland) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Milecross Financial (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MORTGAGES & FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR ALL (SCOTLAND) LTD.
This company · SC241899

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Milecross Financial (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting14/12/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alan Cameron Davidsonceased 14/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Fiona Davidsonceased 14/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-01-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

73 High Street
Lochee
Dundee
Tayside
DD2 3AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

DALZELL, Paul Irvine
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-12-14
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Active
DAVIDSON, Fiona
secretary · appointed 2003-01-08 · resigned 2022-12-14
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Alan Cameron
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-01-08 · resigned 2022-12-14
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Fiona
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-01-08 · resigned 2022-12-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-24