GORDON CAMPBELL SCOTT LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC249400 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-14
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£29.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,311
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,987 YoY
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£76k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£85.1k£80.0k
Current assets£76.1k£87.3k
Cash£17.5k£22.6k
Debtors£47.6k£58.9k
Net assets£29.3k£34.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-25
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-07-10
    ➕
    SCOTT, Helen Catherine appointed
    director
  9. 2023-01-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-09-21
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2022-04-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-02-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-05-14
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    Company incorporated
    As GORDON CAMPBELL SCOTT LTD.
  19. 2003-05-14
    ➕
    SCOTT, Helen Catherine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-14
    ➕
    SCOTT, Gordon Campbell appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-14
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-14
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-14
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-05-14
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SCOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gordon Campbell Scott
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

C/O Nuvo Scotland Limited Bankhead Drive, City South Office Park
Portlethen
Aberdeen
Scotland
AB12 4XX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Helen Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-14
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Active
SCOTT, Gordon Campbell→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-05-14
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Active
SCOTT, Helen Catherine→
director · ~64y · appointed 2023-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19