SCOTLEE HOLDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC277074 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 21.3y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-15
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accounts · AA
2024-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-23
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accounts · AA
2017-08-22
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accounts · AA
2016-11-03
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accounts · AA
2007-04-30
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LEESON, James Wallace resigned
director
2005-05-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2005-04-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-03-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2005-03-07
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LEESON, Evelyn appointed
secretary
2005-03-07
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LEESON, James Flannigan appointed
director
2005-03-07
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QUILL SERVE LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-03-07
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LEESON, James Wallace appointed
director
2005-03-07
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QUILL FORM LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-12-06
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Company incorporated
As SCOTLEE HOLDINGS LIMITED
2004-12-06
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QUILL SERVE LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-12-06
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QUILL FORM LIMITED appointed
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Flannigan Leeson Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Evelyn Leeson Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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8 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

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-12-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Scotlee Transport Services Portland Place

Heatherhouse Industrial Estate

Irvine

KA12 8LW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LEESON, Evelyn→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-07

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Active

LEESON, James Flannigan→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-03-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

QUILL SERVE LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-06 · resigned 2005-03-07

Resigned

LEESON, James Wallace→

director · ~99y · appointed 2005-03-07 · resigned 2007-04-30

Resigned

QUILL FORM LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-06 · resigned 2005-03-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	17/05/2005	—
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	31/03/2005	22/04/2005

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-12

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-01-05

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-01-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-23