ENLIM (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC248672 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-01
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£119k£178k£238k£297kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£575.1k
Current assets—£220.0k
Cash—£59.9k
Debtors—£160.0k
Net assets—£297.4k
Average employees500—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-01-01
    ➕
    MILNE, Lyndsay appointed
    director
  4. 2026-01-01
    ➕
    MILNE, Robert William appointed
    director
  5. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2022-12-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-06-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-05-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2003-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ENLIM (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  20. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    MILNE, Yvonne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    MILNE, Robert John appointed
    director
  22. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    MILNE, Yvonne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MILNE, Lyndsay (same surname) appointed 2026-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Yvonne Milne
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2017
Mr Robert John Milne
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2003-05-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Boggieshalloch
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 8BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last: 2026-05-16

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

MILNE, Yvonne→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01
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MILNE, Lyndsay→
director · ~39y · appointed 2026-01-01
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Active
MILNE, Robert William→
director · ~40y · appointed 2026-01-01
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Active
MILNE, Robert John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-05-01
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Active
MILNE, Yvonne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-05-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/05/201612/12/2022

Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05