THE STEAMSHIP SIR WALTER SCOTT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC277474 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-15
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 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£493.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50300
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
21 officers (4 active, 21 linked, 15 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £492,998

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£79k
Net Worth
£493k
Current Assets
£394k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£781.3k
Current assets£393.6k
Cash£79.2k
Debtors£276.1k
Net assets£493.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-04
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    WALLACE, Tom Vlaminck appointed
    director
  5. 2024-11-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-11-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-11-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2024-06-30
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    WYLES, David George Mcpherson resigned
    secretary
  10. 2024-06-30
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    WYLES, David George Macpherson resigned
    director
  11. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-11-02
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2022-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-09-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-04-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2020-04-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-05-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2019-04-26
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    DUNN, Derek resigned
    director
  24. 2017-06-28
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    FRASER, James Briengan appointed
    director
  25. 2017-06-19
    ➖
    MOSSON, Alexander Francis, Deputy Lieutenant resigned
    director
  26. 2015-10-22
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    MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie resigned
    director
  27. 2015-10-22
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    MOSSON, Alexander Francis, Deputy Lieutenant appointed
    director
  28. 2015-09-23
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    MCALPINE, William Hepburn, Sir resigned
    director
  29. 2015-03-26
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    DUNN, Derek appointed
    director
  30. 2015-03-26
    ➕
    WYLES, David George Macpherson appointed
    director
  31. 2014-11-25
    ➖
    CRANE, Violet Elizabeth resigned
    director
  32. 2013-09-06
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    CRANE, Violet Elizabeth appointed
    director
  33. 2012-09-17
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    COOK, Peter Alister Evan resigned
    director
  34. 2012-07-11
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    MCALPINE, William Hepburn, Sir appointed
    director
  35. 2012-07-11
    ➕
    MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie appointed
    director
  36. 2012-06-30
    ➖
    HUNTER, Thomas James resigned
    director
  37. 2012-02-29
    ➖
    ELLIS, Graham Elliott resigned
    director
  38. 2011-07-26
    ➕
    HUNTER, Thomas James appointed
    director
  39. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    MICKELTHWAITE, Leslie resigned
    secretary
  40. 2008-06-01
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    WYLES, David George Mcpherson appointed
    secretary
  41. 2008-04-14
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    WALKER, Robert Thomas Andrew appointed
    secretary
  42. 2008-04-14
    ➕
    MICKELTHWAITE, Leslie appointed
    secretary
  43. 2008-02-18
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    GERSTEL, Antony resigned
    director
  44. 2008-01-01
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    AXFORD, Thomas James Bernard resigned
    secretary
  45. 2007-12-07
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    BANKS, Christopher resigned
    director
  46. 2007-07-17
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    GERSTEL, Antony appointed
    director
  47. 2007-07-17
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    MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie resigned
    director
  48. 2006-04-01
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    COOK, Peter Alister Evan appointed
    director
  49. 2005-09-09
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    ELLIS, Graham Elliott appointed
    director
  50. 2005-07-05
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    AXFORD, Thomas James Bernard appointed
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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 Allan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Wylesceased 30/06/2024· significant influence
  • Deputy Lieutenant Alexander Francis Mossonceased 31/07/2017· significant influence

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

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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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50300 — SIC 50300

Registered office

Bank Chambers
31 The Square
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 1AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (4 active · 17 resigned)

WALKER, Robert Thomas Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Gordon→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-02-23
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Active
FRASER, James Briengan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-06-28
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Active
WALLACE, Tom Vlaminck→
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AXFORD, Thomas James Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-05 · resigned 2008-01-01
Resigned
MICKELTHWAITE, Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-14 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
WYLES, David George Mcpherson→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2024-06-30
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-15 · resigned 2005-07-05
Resigned
BANKS, Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-03-31 · resigned 2007-12-07
Resigned
COOK, Peter Alister Evan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-04-01 · resigned 2012-09-17
Resigned
CRANE, Violet Elizabeth→
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-09-06 · resigned 2014-11-25
Resigned
DUNN, Derek→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-03-26 · resigned 2019-04-26
Resigned
ELLIS, Graham Elliott→
director · ~102y · appointed 2005-09-09 · resigned 2012-02-29
Resigned
GERSTEL, Antony→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-07-17 · resigned 2008-02-18
Resigned
HUNTER, Thomas James→
director · ~80y · appointed 2011-07-26 · resigned 2012-06-30
Resigned
MCALPINE, William Hepburn, Sir→
director · ~90y · appointed 2012-07-11 · resigned 2015-09-23
Resigned
MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie→
director · ~83y · appointed 2012-07-11 · resigned 2015-10-22
Resigned
MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie→
director · ~83y · appointed 2005-03-31 · resigned 2007-07-17
Resigned
MOSSON, Alexander Francis, Deputy Lieutenant→
director · ~86y · appointed 2015-10-22 · resigned 2017-06-19
Resigned
WYLES, David George Macpherson→
director · ~83y · appointed 2015-03-26 · resigned 2024-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—08/04/2020—
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Recent filings (99 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-15
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2022-11-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2022-03-28