SCOTTISH RURAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC257729 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-10-16
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-30
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    LAING, Sarah-Jane appointed
    director
  4. 2023-08-30
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    JOHNSTONE, David Patrick Wentworth Hope, Lord resigned
    director
  5. 2023-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-08-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2017-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-05
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2017-01-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2016-11-24
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    MALCOLM, Andrew James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-11-13
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    BORWICK, Luke Malise resigned
    director
  20. 2014-09-30
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, David Patrick Wentworth Hope, Lord appointed
    director
  21. 2008-07-27
    ➖
    MORRISON, William Garth resigned
    director
  22. 2008-07-26
    ➕
    BORWICK, Luke Malise appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-01
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    CAMPBELL FRASER, Patrick Alexander resigned
    director
  24. 2003-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTTISH RURAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
  25. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    MALCOLM, Andrew James appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    CAMPBELL FRASER, Patrick Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    MORRISON, William Garth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2003-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Stuart House
Eskmills Business Park
Station Road Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 7PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

LAING, Sarah-Jane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALCOLM, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2016-11-24
Resigned
BORWICK, Luke Malise→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-07-26 · resigned 2015-11-13
Resigned
CAMPBELL FRASER, Patrick Alexander→
director · ~93y · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2004-09-01
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, David Patrick Wentworth Hope, Lord→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-09-30 · resigned 2023-08-30
Resigned
MORRISON, William Garth→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2008-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-17