ASCOG LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC244061 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£143.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 8.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £143,016
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80k
↓ 10.0% YoY
Net Worth
£143k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£209k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£411.6k£467.6k
Current assets£209.0k£249.6k
Cash£79.6k£88.4k
Debtors£73.9k£94.9k
Net assets£143.0k£96.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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  2. 2024-11-27
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  3. 2023-12-05
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-24
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2019-12-19
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  8. 2019-11-12
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  9. 2019-11-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  10. 2019-01-11
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  11. 2018-12-18
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  12. 2018-01-03
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  13. 2017-12-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  14. 2017-12-21
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  15. 2017-12-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  16. 2017-08-24
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  17. 2016-10-25
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  18. 2016-04-02
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  19. 2003-06-16
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    MACINTYRE, Linda Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2003-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ASCOG LIMITED
  21. 2003-02-17
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    MACINTYRE, Linda Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-17
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    MACINTYRE, Catriona Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-17
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    MACINTYRE, Duncan appointed
    director
  24. 2003-02-17
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-02-17
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-02-17
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-02-17
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan Macintyre
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Mary Macintyre
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Miss Catriona Mary Macintyre
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

17 Argyle Street
Rothesay
Isle Of Bute
PA20 0AU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MACINTYRE, Linda Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-17
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MACINTYRE, Catriona Mary→
director · ~48y · appointed 2003-02-17
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MACINTYRE, Duncan→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-02-17
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MACINTYRE, Linda Mary→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-06-16
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-17 · resigned 2003-02-17
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-17 · resigned 2003-02-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property11/11/2019—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property28/12/2017—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—07/12/2017—
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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
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2025-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
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accounts · AA
2023-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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mortgage · MR01
2019-11-12