TORRA SCOTIA SPORTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC254496 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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. 2026-03-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-31
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-08-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-08-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-06-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-06-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-06-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    DODDS, Margaret Campbell Neil appointed
    director
  18. 2003-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As TORRA SCOTIA SPORTS LTD.
  19. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    DODDS, Margaret Campbell Neil appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    DODDS, Alexander Marshall appointed
    director
  21. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-08-20
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-08-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Campbell Neil Dodds
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Marshall Dodds
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · FK postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CENTRAL PRODUCE LTD→
SC349420 · est 2008
———160017y8361y
SCOTIA SUPPLY CO. LTD.→
SC202132 · est 1999
——£422.8k—26y8363y
ANGUS BRAIDWOOD & SON LIMITED→
SC114086 · est 1988
——£1.62M—37y8281y
BATHROOM PLANET (STIRLING) LTD.→
SC183947 · est 1998
——£114.1k—28y8258y
C L C PRESENTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED→
SC215799 · est 2001
——£16.0k—25y8275y
C.T.S. (GRANGEMOUTH) LIMITED→
SC226255 · est 2001
———100024y8280y
M G INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→
SC245064 · est 2003
———80023y8259y
STEWART MCDONALD (PLANT) LIMITED→
SC061597 · est 1977
——£1.9k—49y8279y
JOHN CALLUM LTD.→
SC196483 · est 1999
——£2.54M—26y8161y
RW AGENCIES LIMITED→
SC396418 · est 2011
——£836.6k—15y8165y
CALEDONIAN AIRCRAFT SPARES LIMITED→
SC139284 · est 1992
———133y8070y
CHEETAH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED→
SC187332 · est 1998
———20027y8089y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

21 East Bridge Street
Falkirk
FK1 1YB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DODDS, Margaret Campbell Neil→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, Alexander Marshall→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, Margaret Campbell Neil→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-20 · resigned 2003-08-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-20 · resigned 2003-08-20
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-08-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26