ALLIED SOUTER & JAFFREY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC261173 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£77.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £77,942

Net assets shrinking

Down £24,245 YoY

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£59k

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£78k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£58.7k	£66.9k
Net assets	£77.9k	£102.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
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move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-01-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
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LAIRD, Graham Alexander appointed
director
2023-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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WALKER, Carla Anne appointed
director
2023-11-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2022-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-05-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-02-04
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-02-01
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GRAY, Andrew Donald Leslie appointed
secretary
2020-02-01
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MATHESON, Helen Christina resigned
secretary
2019-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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SMITH, Richard Michael resigned
director
2019-05-01
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BURNS, James Edward appointed
director
2018-04-11
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CAMPBELL, Keith Donald John appointed
director
2018-04-11
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GRAY, Andrew Donald Leslie appointed
director
2014-05-29
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COLLINS, Jeffrey Leslie resigned
director
2007-09-19
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MATHESON, Helen Christina appointed
secretary
2007-09-19
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ANDREW DUNCAN & CO (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-04-01
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COLLINS, Jeffrey Leslie appointed
director
2006-04-01
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HADDOW, James Glencross resigned
director
2006-01-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-12-22
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Company incorporated
As ALLIED SOUTER & JAFFREY LIMITED
2003-12-22
➕
GUNN, Angus Fraser appointed
director
2003-12-22
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ANDREW DUNCAN & CO (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-12-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-22
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HADDOW, James Glencross appointed
director
2003-12-22
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SMITH, Richard Michael appointed
director
2003-12-22
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-12-22
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Fairways

Business Park

Inverness

Highland

IV2 6AA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-18

Last: 2025-05-04